Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 24
Sanskrit:
तासां विज्ञाय भगवान् स्वपादस्पर्शकाम्यया ।धृतव्रतानां सङ्कल्पमाह दामोदरोऽबला: ॥ २४ ॥
ITRANS:
tāsāṁ vijñāya bhagavānsva-pāda-sparśa-kāmyayādhṛta-vratānāṁ saṅkalpamāha dāmodaro ’balāḥ
Translation:
The Supreme Lord understood the determination of the gopīs in executing their strict vow. The Lord also knew that the girls desired to touch His lotus feet, and thus Lord Dāmodara, Kṛṣṇa, spoke to them as follows.