iti - thus; evam - in this manner; darśayantyaḥ - showing; tāḥ - they; ceruḥ - wandered; gopyaḥ - the gopīs; vicetasaḥ - completely bewildered; yām - which; gopīm - gopī; anayat - He took; kṛṣṇaḥ - Lord Kṛṣṇa; vihāya - abandoning; anyāḥ - the other; striyaḥ - women; vane - in the forest; sā - She; ca - also; mene - thought; tadā - then; ātmānam - Herself; variṣṭham - the best; sarva - of all; yoṣitām - women; hitvā - rejecting; gopīḥ - the gopīs; kāma-yānāḥ - who are impelled by lusty desire; mām - Me; asau - He; bhajate - is accepting; priyaḥ - the beloved.

As the gopīs wandered about, their minds completely bewildered, they pointed out various signs of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes. The particular gopī whom Kṛṣṇa had led into a secluded forest when He had abandoned all the other young girls began to think Herself the best of women. “My beloved has rejected all the other gopīs,” She thought, “even though they are driven by Cupid himself. He has chosen to reciprocate with Me alone.”