Madhya 15.36

TEXT 36

TEXT

এইমত রাসযাত্রা, আর দীপাবলী ।
উত্থান-দ্বাদশীযাত্রা দেখিলা সকলি ॥ ৩৬ ॥

ei-mata rasa-yatra, ara dipavali

utthana-dvadasi-yatra dekhila sakali

SYNONYMS

ei-mata-in this way; rasa-yatra-rasa dancing of Lord Krsna; ara-and; dipa-avali-a row of lights, the day of Dipavali; utthana-dvadasi-yatra-the festival of Utthana-dvadasi; dekhila sakali-participated 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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