tat -- that; varnayitum -- to describe; arabdhah -- beginning; smarantyah -- remembering; krishna-ceshtitam -- the activities of Krishna; na asakan -- they were incapable; smara-vegena -- by the force of Cupid; vikshipta -- agitated; manasah -- whose minds; nripa -- O King Parikshit.

The cowherd girls began to speak about Krishna, but when they remembered His activities, O King, the power of Cupid disturbed their minds, and thus they could not speak.