Madhya-līlā

Chapter 15: The Lord Accepts Prasāda at the House of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya

Verse 36 of 299
Cc Madhya 15.36

এইমত রাসযাত্রা, আর দীপাবলী উত্থানদ্বাদশীযাত্রা দেখিলা সকলি

एइमत रासयात्रा, आर दीपावली उत्थानद्वादशीयात्रा देखिला सकलि

ei-mata rāsa-yātrā, āra dīpāvalī utthāna-dvādaśī-yātrā dekhilā sakali

Synonyms

ei-matain this way; rāsa-yātrārāsa dancing of Lord Kṛṣṇa; āraand; dīpa-āvalīa row of lights, the day of Dīpāvalī; utthāna-dvādaśī-yātrāthe festival of Utthāna-dvādaśī; dekhilā sakaliparticipated in all of them..

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His devotees participated in all the festivals known as Rāsa-yātrā, Dīpāvalī and Utthāna-dvādaśī.

Purport

The Dīpāvalī festival takes place on the dark-moon night in the month of Kārttika (October-November). The Rāsa-yātrā, or rāsa dancing of Kṛṣṇa, takes place on the full-moon night of the same month. Utthāna-dvādaśī takes place the day after Ekādaśī in the waxing fortnight of the moon in the same month. All the devotees of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu participated in all these festivals.

Verse 36 of 299
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