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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Caitanya Caritamrita Madhya 15.36
ei-mata rasa-yatra, ara dipavali
utthana-dvadasi yatra dekhila sakali
SYNONYMS
ei-mata -- in this way; rasa-yatra -- rasa dancing of Lord Krishna; ara -- and; dipa-avali -- the day of Dipavali, when rows of lights are lit; 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, including 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 Krishna, 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.
Copyright (c) The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness