Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 39

Sanskrit:

एवं प्रेमकलाबद्धा वदन्ति स्मपुरौकस: । कन्या चान्त:पुरात् प्रागाद् भटैर्गुप्ताम्बिकालयम् ॥ ३९ ॥

ITRANS:

evaṁ prema-kalā-baddhāvadanti sma puraukasaḥkanyā cāntaḥ-purāt prāgādbhaṭair guptāmbikālayam

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 Ambikā.

Purport:

Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī quotes the Medinī dictionary’s definition of the word kalā as follows: kalā mūle pravṛddhau syāc chilādāv aṁśa-mātrake. “The word kalā means ‘a root,’ ‘increase,’ ‘a stone’ or ‘a mere part.’”