Thinking of lotus eyed Krsna in his absence, they spoke as if mad (unmattavat), having lost their intelligence, as if their minds were affected by drugs like dhattura, without power of judgement (jadam). Hear those words from me. This prema vaicitrya which appears at the sixth stage of prema, as a type of anuraga, is described in the Ujjvala Nilamani:. "When there is pain arising from separation even in the presence of the beloved out of increase in ones natural love, it is called prema vaicitrya."

They sometimes became as if mad, as if disturbed in mind by some drug. They would sometimes remain silent (agiraḥ) for a moment as if sleeping. Thinking whether Kṛṣṇa was present or not present, they concluded he was not there, and talked with loss of all sense of judgment (jaḍam), like a sleeping person talking. The reason for their madness was that they thought without deviation only of Kṛṣṇa who freed them from all suffering (mukunda). If he was present, he would remain silent, expecting to hear them speak. This is the type of separation called vaicitrya (in which the lover is present, but thought to be absent.) This is accepted by Vopadeva in Muktāphala. It is also described by Śriharṣa and others.

How their minds were stolen is shown. Or the previous verse can mean that Kṛṣṇa’s intelligence was stolen by the women’s gestures, smiles etc. The cause of stealing his mind is shown in this verse. Their minds were absorbed only in Kṛṣṇa, the giver of the highest bliss or the distributor of the happiness of prema (mukunda). Sometimes they thought of him, the most beautiful person (aravindākṣam), and became silent (agiraḥ). Sometimes they spoke as if insane, unintelligibly. Please hear when I speak. Hear carefully, this astonishing topic. Or thinking of him, with minds fixed only on Mukunda, they spoke words. Listen to the words (tā) that they spoke as I speak (nigataḥ).