Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.30.42

tato 'viśan vanam candra

jyotsnā yāvad vibhāvyate

tamah pravishtam ālakshya

tato nivavrituh striyah

SYNONYMS

tatah — then; aviśan — they entered; vanam — the forest; candra — of the moon; jyotsnā — the light; yāvat — as far; vibhāvyate — as was visible; tamah — darkness; pravishtam — entered; ālakshya — noticing; tatah — thereupon; nivavrituh — they desisted; striyah — the women.

TRANSLATION

In search of Krishna, 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.

PURPORT

The gopīs entered a part of the forest so dense that even the light of the full moon couldn't penetrate it. This scene is also described in the Vishnu Purāna:

pravishto gahanam krishnah

padam atra na lakshyate

nivartadhvam śaśāńkasya

naitad dīdhiti-gocarah

"One gopī said, 'Krishna has entered such a dark part of the forest that we cannot possibly see His footprints. Therefore let us turn back from this area, which even the light of the moon cannot reach.' "

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