Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.53.39

evaḿ prema-kalā-baddhā

vadanti sma puraukasaḥ

kanyā cāntaḥ-purāt prāgād

bhaṭair guptāmbikālayam

SYNONYMS

evam — thus; prema — of pure love; kalā — by the increase; baddhāḥ — bound; vadanti sma — they spoke; pura-okasaḥ — the residents of the city; kanyā — the bride; ca — and; antaḥ-purāt — from the inner palace; prāgāt — went out; bhaṭaiḥ — by guards; guptā — protected; ambikā-ālayam — to the temple of Goddess Ambikā.

TRANSLATION

Bound by their swelling love, the city's residents spoke in this way. Then the bride, protected by guards, left the inner palace to visit the temple of Ambikā.

PURPORT

Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī quotes the Medinī dictionary's definition of the word kalā as follows: kalā mūle pravṛddhau syāc chilādāv aḿśa-mātrake. "The word kalā means 'a root,' 'increase,' 'a stone' or 'a mere part.' "

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