anyÄÅ› ca tad-anudhyÄna
nivá¹›ttÄÅ›eá¹£a-vá¹›ttayaḥ
nÄbhyajÄnann imaá¹ lokam
Ätma-lokaá¹ gatÄ iva
anyÄḥ - others; ca - and; tat - on Him; anudhyÄna - by fixed meditation; nivá¹›tta - ceased; aÅ›eá¹£a - all; vá¹›ttayaḥ - their sensory functions; na abhyajÄnan - they were unaware; imam - of this; lokam - world; Ätma - of self-realization; lokam - the realm; gatÄḥ - those who have attained; iva - just as.
Other gopīs entirely stopped their sensory activities and became fixed in meditation on Kṛṣṇa. They lost all awareness of the external world, just like those who attain the platform of self-realization.
The gopÄ«s were in fact already on the platform of self-realization. The Caitanya-caritÄmá¹›ta (Madhya 20.108) states, jÄ«vera svarÅ«pa haya kṛṣṇera nitya-dÄsa: “The self, or individual soul, is an eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa.†Thus because they were rendering the most intense loving service to the Lord, the gopÄ«s were situated at the highest stage of self-realization.
