1.16

cabbisa vatsara sese yei magha-masa

tara sukla-pakse prabhu karila sannyasa

SYNONYMS

cabbisa vatsara—of those twenty-four years; sese—at the end; yei—which; magha-masa—the month of Magha (January-February); tara—of that month; sukla-pakse—during the fortnight of the waxing moon; prabhu—the Lord; karila—accepted; sannyasa—the renounced order of life.

At the end of His twenty-fourth year, in the month of Magha, during the fortnight of the waxing moon, the Lord accepted the renounced order of life, sannyasa.