śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; atha — then; uddhavaḥ — Uddhava; niśamya — having heard; evam — thus; kṛṣṇa-darśana — after the sight of Kṛṣṇa; lālasāḥ — who were hankering; sāntvayan — pacifying; priya — of their beloved; sandeśaiḥ — with the messages; gopīḥ — to the cowherd girls; idam — this; abhāṣata — he said.