SB 6.19.21 • मूल श्लोक

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

Transliteration

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

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

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].”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda