sri-sukah uvaca -- Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; iti -- thus; uddhavena -- by Uddhava; ati-anurakta -- extremely attached; cetasa -- whose heart; prishtah -- asked; jagat -- the universe; kridanakah -- whose plaything; sva-saktibhih -- by His own energies; grihita -- who has assumed; murti -- personal forms; trayah -- three; isvara -- of all controllers; isvarah -- the supreme controller; jagada -- He spoke; sa-prema -- loving; manah-hara -- attractive; smitah -- whose smile.

Sukadeva Gosvami said: Thus questioned by the most affectionate Uddhava, Lord Krishna, the supreme controller of all controllers, who takes the entire universe as His plaything and assumes the three forms of Brahma, Vishnu and Siva, began to reply, lovingly displaying His all-attractive smile.