tā vāryamāṇāḥ patibhiḥ
pitṛbhir bhrātṛ-bandhubhiḥ
govindāpahṛtātmāno
na nyavartanta mohitāḥ
tah -- they; varyamanah -- being checked; patibhih -- by their husbands; pitribhih -- by their fathers; bhratri -- brothers; bandhubhih -- and other relatives; govinda -- by Lord Krishna; apahrita -- stolen away; atmanah -- their very selves; na nyavartanta -- they did not turn back; mohitah -- enchanted.
Their husbands, fathers, brothers and other relatives tried to stop them, but Krishna had already stolen their hearts. Enchanted by the sound of His flute, they refused to turn back.
Some of the young gopis were married, and their husbands tried to stop them. The unmarried girls had to deal with their fathers and brothers and other relatives. None of these relatives would have ordinarily allowed even the young girls' dead bodies to go alone into the forest at night, but Lord Krishna had already engaged His internal potency, and thus the entire romantic episode unfolded without interference.
