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Sanskrit text and Unicode transliteration:

अथ प्रदोष-सेवा <इ>तन् मातुः प्रार्थनात् पूर्वं राधयापि तदैव हि
प्रस्थाप्यन्ते सखी-द्वारा पक्वान्नानि तद्-आलयम्

atha pradoṣa-sevā tan mātuḥ prārthanāt pūrvaṃ rādhayāpi tadaiva hi
prasthāpyante sakhī-dvārā pakvānnāni tad-ālayam

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

atha—now; pradoṣa-sevā—evening pastimes; tan—that; mātuḥ—of His mother; prārthanāt—by the request; pūrvaṃ—before; rādhayā—by Śrī Rādhā; api—also; tadā—then; eva—indeed; hi—indeed; prasthāpyante—is established; sakhī—gopī friends; dvārā—by; pakvānnāni—cooked foods; tad-ālayam—at the home.

English translation of verse:

Pastimes of the Evening On Mother Yaśodā's request, Śrī Rādhā and Her friends had cooked this feast.