anyas ca tad-anudhyana

 nivrttasesa-vrttayah

nabhyajanann imam lokam

 atma-lokam gata iva

 

Translation: 

 

Other gopis entirely stopped their sensory activities and became fixed in meditation on Krsna. They lost all awareness of the external world, just like those who attain the platform of self-realization.

 

Purport: 

 

The gopis were in fact already on the platform of self-realization. The Caitanya-caritamrta (Madhya 20.108) states, jivera svarupa haya krsnera nitya-dasa: “The self, or individual soul, is an eternal servant of Krsna.” Thus because they were rendering the most intense loving service to the Lord, the gopis were situated at the highest stage of self-realization.