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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.39.15
nivrttasesa-vrttayah
SYNONYMS
anyah -- others; ca -- and; tat -- on Him; anudhyana -- by fixed meditation; nivrtta -- ceased; asesa -- all; vrttayah -- their sensory functions; na abhyajanan -- they were unaware; imam -- of this; lokam -- world; atma -- of self-realization; lokam -- the realm; gatah -- those who have attained; iva -- just as.
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.
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