गायन्त्य उच्चैरमुमेव संहता विचिक्युरुन्मत्तकवद् वनाद् वनम् । पप्रच्छुराकाशवदन्तरं बहि- र्भूतेषु सन्तं पुरुषं वनस्पतीन् ॥ ४ ॥
gāyantya uccair amum eva saṁhatā vicikyur unmattaka-vad vanād vanam papracchur ākāśa-vad antaraṁ bahir bhūteṣu santaṁ puruṣaṁ vanaspatīn
- gāyantyaḥ
- singing
- uccaiḥ
- loudly
- amum
- about Him
- eva
- indeed
- saṁhatāḥ
- together in a group
- vicikyuḥ
- they searched
- unmattaka-vat
- like madwomen
- vanāt vanam
- from one area of the forest to another
- papracchuḥ
- they inquired
- ākāśa-vat
- like the sky
- antaram
- internally
- bahiḥ
- and externally
- bhūteṣu
- in all created beings
- santam
- present
- puruṣam
- the Supreme Person
- vanaspatīn
- from the trees
Singing loudly of Kṛṣṇa, they searched for Him throughout the Vṛndāvana forest like a band of madwomen. They even asked the trees about Him, who as the Supersoul is present inside and outside of all created things, just like the sky.