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ŚB 6.19.21

Devanagari

एतेन पूजाविधिना मासान् द्वादश हायनम् ।
नीत्वाथोपरमेत्साध्वी कार्तिके चरमेऽहनि ॥ २१ ॥

Text

etena pūjā-vidhinā
māsān dvādaśa hāyanam
nītvāthoparamet sādhvī
kārtike carame ’hani

Synonyms

etena — with this; pūjā-vidhinā — regulated worship; māsān dvādaśa — twelve months; hāyanam — a year; nītvā — after passing; atha — then; uparamet — should fast; sādhvī — the chaste wife; kārtike — in Kārttika; carame ahani — on the final day.

Translation

The chaste wife must perform such devotional service continuously for one year. After one year passes, she should fast on the full-moon day in the month of Kārttika [October-November].