tan-manaskās tad-alāpās
tad-viceṣṭās tad-ātmikāḥ
tad-guṇān eva gāyantyo
nātmagārāṇi sasmaruḥ
tat-manaskah -- their minds filled with thoughts of Him; tat-alapah -- conversing about Him; tat-viceshtah -- imitating His activities; tat-atmikah -- filled with His presence; tat-gunan -- about His qualities; eva -- simply; gayantyah -- singing; na -- not; atma -- their own; agarani -- homes; sasmaruh -- remembered.
Their minds absorbed in thoughts of Him, they conversed about Him, acted out His pastimes and felt themselves filled with His presence. They completely forgot about their homes as they loudly sang the glories of Krishna's transcendental qualities.
Actually there is no separation from Krishna for the pure devotees of the Lord. Although apparently abandoned by Krishna, the gopis were actually tightly connected to Him by the spiritual process of sravanam kirtanam vishnoh [SB 7.5.23], hearing and chanting the glories of the Lord.
