evam prema-kala-baddha

 vadanti sma puraukasah

kanya cantah-purat pragad

 bhatair guptambikalayam

 

Translation: 

 

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.

 

Purport: 

 

Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti quotes the Medini dictionary’s definition of the word kala as follows: kala mule pravrddhau syac chiladav amsa-matrake. “The word kala means ‘a root,’ ‘increase,’ ‘a stone’ or ‘a mere part.’”