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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 15.36
এইমত রাসযাত্রা, আর দীপাবলী ।
উত্থান-দ্বাদশীযাত্রা দেখিলা সকলি ॥ ৩৬ ॥
ei-mata rāsa-yātrā, āra dīpāvalī
utthāna-dvādaśī yātrā dekhilā sakali
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His devotees participated in all the festivals, including Rāsa-yātrā, Dīpāvalī and Utthāna-dvādaśī.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His devotees participated in all these festivals. Dīpāvalī takes place on the dark-moon night of Kārttika, during October-November.
Rāsa-yātrā, or the 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 Kārttika.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Festive affection and reconciliation. Festivals, reciprocal hospitality, and the deliverance of Amogha show affectionate grace.
The mood of Madhya 15 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
After the Ratha-yātrā festival, Śrī Advaita Ācārya Prabhu worshiped Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu with flowers and tulasī. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, in return, worshiped Advaita Ācārya with the flowers and tulasī that remained on the offered plate and said a mantra, yo ’si so ’si namo ’stu te (“Whatever You are, You are — but I offer My respects unto You”).Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 15
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts
Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “festivals”
Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling
Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “rāsa-yātrā”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What strikes you about all the devotees participating in these festivals together?
Write down the three festival names and their timing in Kārttika as described here.
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