ततोऽविशन्वनं चन्द्रज्योत्स्ना यावद् विभाव्यते । तम: प्रविष्टमालक्ष्य ततो निववृतु: स्त्रिय: ॥ ४२ ॥
tato ’viśan vanaṁ candra jyotsnā yāvad vibhāvyate tamaḥ praviṣṭam ālakṣya tato nivavṛtuḥ striyaḥ
- tataḥ
- then
- aviśan
- they entered
- vanam
- the forest
- candra
- of the moon
- jyotsnā
- the light
- yāvat
- as far
- vibhāvyate
- as was visible
- tamaḥ
- darkness
- praviṣṭam
- entered
- ālakṣya
- noticing
- tataḥ
- thereupon
- nivavṛtuḥ
- they desisted
- striyaḥ
- the women
In search of Kṛṣṇa, the gopīs then entered the depths of the forest as far as the light of the moon shone. But when they found themselves engulfed in darkness, they decided to turn back.