यावदालक्ष्यते केतुर्यावद् रेणू रथस्य च । अनुप्रस्थापितात्मानो लेख्यानीवोपलक्षिता: ॥ ३६ ॥
yāvad ālakṣyate ketur yāvad reṇū rathasya ca anuprasthāpitātmāno lekhyānīvopalakṣitāḥ
- yāvat
- as long as
- ālakṣyate
- was visible
- ketuḥ
- the flag
- yāvat
- as long as
- reṇuḥ
- the dust
- rathasya
- of the chariot
- ca
- and
- anuprasthāpita
- sending after
- ātmānaḥ
- their minds
- lekhyāni
- painted figures
- iva
- like
- upalakṣitāḥ
- they appeared
Sending their minds after Kṛṣṇa, the gopīs stood as motionless as figures in a painting. They remained there as long as the flag atop the chariot was visible, and even until they could no longer see the dust raised by the chariot wheels.