In plain words
About such a thing as this, Nārada once went to Kṛṣṇa: ‘All the gopīs of Bṛndāvan, with some foolish notion, with a deluded faith, do not recognise Your principle; they have taken a wrong path and are getting bound in some infatuation. If You give me leave, I have resolved to go to Bṛndāvan once, teach them the principle of Kṛṣṇa, and try to turn their hearts to the principle of Jñāna. So please grant me Your command,’ he prayed. At this Kṛṣṇa laughed to Himself. Ah! In Bhakti, are there two, delusion as one thing and the nature of the wise man as another? The Ānanda in this delusion: in this enquiring way of his, he is not enquiring into it at all. Nārada's thinking the gopīs deluded, or the gopīs witless, is Nārada's folly, Nārada's delusion, and nothing more. Knowing that the principle of Kṛṣṇa the gopīs knew is known to no one else, Kṛṣṇa, to teach this Nārada a lesson, gave the command, ‘Nārada! Go, by all means, and come back.’ (At once.) Because Nārada had come to Bṛndāvan, all of them gathered close, wondering if they might hear some news of Kṛṣṇa. By the time they had gathered close, Nārada set about describing this principle of Kṛṣṇa. ‘Foolish gopīs! You do not know the principle of Kṛṣṇa. You have not the power or the capacity to understand any śāstra, or the essence of any Veda. So sit down; I will teach you the principle of Kṛṣṇa well,’ he said. Then one gopī among them stood up: ‘Nārada, do not set about trying to waste time. Is there any news of Kṛṣṇa, any news that is coming to our Bṛndāvan, or not? Tell us only that, and go,’ she said. ‘It is for this that I have come, to teach the principle of Kṛṣṇa; of Kṛṣṇa's coming I know nothing,’ he said.