evaḿ prema-kalā-baddhā
vadanti sma puraukasaḥ
kanyā cāntaḥ-purāt prāgād
bhaṭair guptāmbikālayam
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.
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.
Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti quotes the Medini dictionary's definition of the word kala as follows: kala mule pravriddhau syac chiladav amsa-matrake. "The word kala means 'a root,' 'increase,' 'a stone' or 'a mere part.' "
