Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.22.5

evaḿ māsaḿ vrataḿ ceruḥ

kumāryaḥ kṛṣṇa-cetasaḥ

bhadrakālīḿ samānarcur

bhūyān nanda-sutaḥ patiḥ

SYNONYMS

evam — in this manner; māsam — an entire month; vratam — their vow; ceruḥ — they executed; kumāryaḥ — the girls; kṛṣṇa-cetasaḥ — their minds absorbed in Kṛṣṇa; bhadra-kālīm — the goddess Kātyāyanī; samānarcuḥ — they properly worshiped; bhūyāt — may He become; nanda-sutaḥ — the son of King Nanda; patiḥ — my husband.

TRANSLATION

Thus for an entire month the girls carried out their vow and properly worshiped the goddess Bhadrakālī, fully absorbing their minds in Kṛṣṇa and meditating upon the following thought: "May the son of King Nanda become my husband."

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