3.3

cabbisa vatsara-sesa yei magha-masa

tara sukla-pakse prabhu karila sannyasa

SYNONYMS

cabbisa—twenty-fourth; vatsara—of the year; sesa—at the end; yei—that; magha-masa—the month of Magha (January and February); tara—of that; sukla-pakse—in the waxing period of the moon; prabhu—the Lord; karila—accepted; sannyasa—the sannyasa order of life.

At the end of His twenty-fourth year, in the month of Magha, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu accepted the sannyasa order during the waxing period of the moon.