DEVOTTHANA EKADASHI
Today is the 11th day of the waxing Moon of the month of Kartika or Damodara shukla ekadashi. This is Devotthana Ekadashi or Prabhodini Ekadashi when Lord Vishnu awakens. Since the Lord is now arising, He can see weddings and participate in yagnas. Hence the wedding season begins once again. Of course the Lord's sleeping is also in full consciousness.
Shrila Prabhupada discusses the Supreme Lord's slumber or yoga-nidra in his Shri Bhaktivedanta Purport to Shrimad-Bhagavatam 1.16.26-30:
"This material world is a product of the mahat-tattva, which is a state of the Lord's dreaming condition in His yoga-nidrā mystic slumber in the Causal Ocean, and yet the whole creation appears to be a factual presentation of His creation. This means that the Lord's dreaming conditions are also factual manifestations. He can therefore bring everything under His transcendental control, and thus whenever and wherever He does appear, He does so in His fullness."
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