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TEXT 36
ei-mata rasa-yatra, ara dipavali
utthana-dvadasi-yatra dekhila sakali
SYNONYMS
ei-matain this way; rasa-yatrarasa dancing of Lord Krsna; araand; dipa-avalia row of lights, the day of Dipavali; utthana-dvadasi-yatrathe festival of Utthana-dvadasi; dekhila sakaliparticipated in all of them.
TRANSLATION
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His devotees participated in all the festivals known as Rasa-yatra, Dipavali and Utthana-dvadasi.
PURPORT
The Dipavali festival takes place on the dark-moon night in the month of Karttika (October-November). The Rasa-yatra, or rasa dancing of Krsna, takes place on the full-moon night of the same month. Utthana-dvadasi takes place the day after Ekadasi in the waxing fortnight of the moon in the same month. All the devotees of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu participated in all these festivals.
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