In English
The speciality of
It is in order to rid oneself of evil tendencies that sacred days like are observed. Nights follow days and days succeed nights. This is an everyday occurrence. What is the speciality of ? As the night precedes the New Moon day, it will be pitch dark everywhere outside, the heart will be filled with bright effulgence on this sacred night. Light represents (auspiciousness). That is why the day is observed as . When set the entire city ablaze, the darkness of the night gave place to brilliant light. But at the same time the heart of was full of darkness. The significance of is that though the entire world is dark outside, if one keeps his heart filled with divine thoughts, he will be filled with effulgence. Every year in the month of , the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight at midnight, when worldly objects concentrate on the Divine, they experience Divine feelings. This is associated with the that transforms the minds of the people.