śrī-śuka uvāca
ity ādiśya nṛpān kṛṣṇo
bhagavān bhuvaneśvaraḥ
teṣāḿ nyayuńkta puruṣān
striyo majjana-karmaṇi
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; iti — thus; ādiśya — ordering; nṛpān — the kings; kṛṣṇaḥ — Kṛṣṇa; bhagavān — the Supreme Lord; bhuvana — of all the worlds; īśvaraḥ — the master; teṣām — of them; nyayuńkta — engaged; puruṣān — menservants; striyaḥ — and women; majjana — of cleansing; karmaṇi — in the work.