gÄyantya uccair amum eva saá¹hatÄ
vicikyur unmattaka-vad vanÄd vanam
papracchur ÄkÄÅ›a-vad antaraá¹ bahir
bhūteṣu santaṠpuruṣaṠvanaspatīn
gÄyantyaḥ - singing; uccaiḥ - loudly; amum - about Him; eva - indeed; saá¹hatÄḥ - together in a group; vicikyuḥ - they searched; unmattaka-vat - like madwomen; vanÄt vanam - from one area of the forest to another; papracchuḥ - they inquired; ÄkÄÅ›a-vat - like the sky; antaram - internally; bahiḥ - and externally; bhÅ«teá¹£u - in all created beings; santam - present; puruá¹£am - the Supreme Person; vanaspatÄ«n - from the trees.
Lost in the madness of love for Kṛṣṇa, the gopÄ«s inquired about Him from even the trees in Vá¹›ndÄvana. Of course, there is no actual separation from Lord Kṛṣṇa, since He is the all-pervading Supersoul.