trīṇi gulmāny atīyāya
tisraḥ kakṣāś ca sa-dvijaḥ
vipro 'gamyāndhaka-vṛṣṇīnāḿ
gṛheṣv acyuta-dharmiṇām
gṛhaḿ dvy-aṣṭa-sahasrāṇāḿ
mahiṣīṇāḿ harer dvijaḥ
viveśaikatamaḿ śrīmad
brahmānandaḿ gato yathā
trini -- three; gulmani -- contingents of guards; atiyaya -- passing; tisrah -- three; kakshah -- gateways; ca -- and; sa-dvijah -- accompanied by brahmanas; viprah -- the learned brahmana; agamya -- impassable; andhaka-vrishninam -- of the Andhakas and Vrishnis; griheshu -- between the houses; acyuta -- Lord Krishna; dharminam -- who follow faithfully; griham -- residence; dvi -- two; ashta -- times eight; sahasranam -- thousands; mahishinam -- of the queens; hareh -- of Lord Krishna; dvijah -- the brahmana; vivesa -- entered; ekatamam -- one of them; sri-mat -- opulent; brahma-anandam -- the bliss of impersonal liberation; gatah -- attaining; yatha -- as if.
When the saintly brahmana entered the precincts of Lord Krishna's palaces and then actually entered one of the palaces, he completely forgot everything else, and thus his state of mind is compared to that of one who has just achieved the bliss of spiritual liberation. Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti quotes from the Padma Purana, Uttara-khanda, wherein we learn that the brahmana actually entered the palace of Rukmini: sa tu rukminy-antah-pura-dvari kshanam tushnim sthitah. "He stood for a moment in silence at the doorway of Queen Rukmini's palace."