एवं मासं व्रतं चेरु: कुमार्य: कृष्णचेतस: । भद्रकालीं समानर्चुर्भूयान्नन्दसुत: पति: ॥ ५ ॥
evaṁ māsaṁ vrataṁ ceruḥ kumāryaḥ kṛṣṇa-cetasaḥ bhadrakālīṁ samānarcur bhūyān nanda-sutaḥ patiḥ
- evam
- in this manner
- māsam
- an entire month
- vratam
- their vow
- ceruḥ
- they executed
- kumāryaḥ
- the girls
- kṛṣṇa-cetasaḥ
- their minds absorbed in Kṛṣṇa
- bhadra-kālīm
- the goddess Kātyāyanī
- samānarcuḥ
- they properly worshiped
- bhūyāt
- may He become
- nanda-sutaḥ
- the son of King Nanda
- patiḥ
- my husband
Thus for an entire month the girls carried out their vow and properly worshiped the goddess Bhadrakālī, fully absorbing their minds in Kṛṣṇa and meditating upon the following thought: “May the son of King Nanda become my husband.”