iti -- thus; evam -- in this manner; darsayantyah -- showing; tah -- they; ceruh -- wandered; gopyah -- the gopis; vicetasah -- completely bewildered; yam -- which; gopim -- gopi; anayat -- He took; krishnah -- Lord Krishna; vihaya -- abandoning; anyah -- the other; striyah -- women; vane -- in the forest; sa -- She; ca -- also; mene -- thought; tada -- then; atmanam -- Herself; varishtham -- the best; sarva -- of all; yoshitam -- women; hitva -- rejecting; gopih -- the gopis; kama-yanah -- who are impelled by lusty desire; mam -- Me; asau -- He; bhajate -- is accepting; priyah -- the beloved.

As the gopis wandered about, their minds completely bewildered, they pointed out various signs of Krishna's pastimes. The particular gopi whom Krishna 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 gopis, "She thought, "even though they are driven by Cupid himself. He has chosen to reciprocate with Me alone."