एवं कृष्णं पृच्छमाना गण्दावनलतास्तरून् । व्यचक्षत वनोद्देशे पदानि परमात्मन: ॥ २४ ॥
evaṁ kṛṣṇaṁ pṛcchamānā vrṇdāvana-latās tarūn vyacakṣata vanoddeśe padāni paramātmanaḥ
- evam
- in this manner
- kṛṣṇam
- about Kṛṣṇa
- pṛcchamānāḥ
- inquiring
- vṛndāvana
- of the Vṛndāvana forest
- latāḥ
- from the creepers
- tarūn
- and the trees
- vyacakṣata
- they saw
- vana
- of the forest
- uddeśe
- in one spot
- padāni
- the footprints
- parama-ātmanaḥ
- of the Supersoul
While the gopīs were thus imitating Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes and asking Vṛndāvana’s creepers and trees where Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Soul, might be, they happened to see His footprints in a corner of the forest.