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Chapter 19: Performing the Puṁsavana Ritualistic Ceremony

Verse 21 of 24
SB 6.19.21

एतेन पूजाविधिना मासान्द्वादश हायनम् नीत्वाथोपरमेत्साध्वी कार्तिके चरमे ऽहनि

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

Synonyms

etenawith this; pūjā-vidhināregulated worship; māsān dvādaśatwelve months; hāyanama year; nītvāafter passing; athathen; uparametshould fast; sādhvīthe chaste wife; kārtikein Kārttika; carame ahanion 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].

Verse 21 of 24
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