Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.53.39

evam prema-kala-baddha

vadanti sma puraukasah

kanya cantah-purat pragad

bhatair guptambikalayam

SYNONYMS

evam -- thus; prema -- of pure love; kala -- by the increase; baddhah -- bound; vadanti sma -- they spoke; pura-okasah -- the residents of the city; kanya -- the bride; ca -- and; antah-purat -- from the inner palace; pragat -- went out; bhataih -- by guards; gupta -- protected; ambika-alayam -- to the temple of Goddess Ambika.

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 Ambika.

PURPORT

Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti quotes the Medini dictionary's definition of the word kala as follows: kala mule pravrddhau syac chiladav amsa-matrake. "The word kala means 'a root,' 'increase,' 'a stone' or 'a mere part.' "

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