SB 6.19.21

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Sixth Canto, Chapter 19: Performing the Puḿsavana Ritualistic Ceremony

SB 6.19.20

SB 6.19.22

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 21

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].