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SUMMARY:Mohinī Ekādaśī Vrataṁ Sarvesam– Vaisākha śukla pakṣa
DESCRIPTION:BREAKING THE FAST ON THE NEXT DAY. \nYudhiṣṭhira Mahārāja said\, “O Janārdana\, what is the name of the Ekādaśī that occurs during the light fortnight of the month of Vaisākha [April-May] ? What is the process for observing it properly? Kindly narrate all this to me. \nLord Śrī Kṛṣṇa replied\, “O blessed son of Dharma\, what Vasiṣṭha Muni once told Lord Rāmacandra I shall now describe to you. Please hear Me attentively. \n“Lord Rāmacandra asked Vasiṣṭha Muni\, ‘O great sage\, I would like to hear about the best of all fasting days—that day which destroys all kinds of sins and sorrows. I have suffered long enough in separation from My dear Sitā\, and so I wish to hear from you about how My suffering can be ended.’ \n“The sage Vasiṣṭha replied\, ‘O Lord Rāma\, O You whose intelligence is so keen\, simply by remembering Your name one can cross the ocean of this material world. You have questioned me in order to benefit all of humanity and fulfill everyone’s desires. I shall now describe that day of fasting which purifies the whole world. \n‘O Rāma\, that day is Vaisākha-śukla Ekādaśī\, which falls on Dvādaśī. It removes all sins and is famous as Mohinī Ekādaśī. Truly\, O Rāma\, the merit of this Ekādaśī frees the fortunate soul who observes it from the network of illusion. Therefore\, if You want to relieve Your suffering\, observe this auspicious Ekādaśī perfectly\, for it removes all obstacles from one’s path and relieves the greatest miseries. Kindly listen as I describe its glories\, because for one who even just hears about this auspicious Ekādaśī\, the greatest sins are nullified. \n‘On the banks of the Sarasvatī River there was once a beautiful city named Bhadrāvati\, which was ruled by King Dyutīmān. O Rāma\, that steadfast\, truthful\, and highly intelligent king was born in the dynasty of the moon. In his kingdom was a merchant named Dhanapāla\, who possessed a great wealth of food grains and money. He was also very pious. Dhanapāla arranged for lakes to be dug\, sacrificial arenas to be erected\, and beautiful gardens to be cultivated for the benefit of all the citizens of Bhadrāvati. He was an excellent devotee of Viṣṇu and had five sons: Sumāna\, Dyutīmān\, Medhāvī\, Sukṛtī and Dhṛṣṭhabuddhī. \n‘Unfortunately\, his son Dhṛṣṭhabuddhī always engaged in greatly sinful activities\, such as sleeping with prostitutes and associating with degraded persons. He enjoyed illicit sex\, gambling\, and many other varieties of sense gratification. He disrespected the demigods\, brāhmaṇas; the forefathers and other elders; and his family’s guests. The evil-hearted Dhṛṣṭhabuddhī spent his father’s wealth indiscriminately\, always feasting on untouchable foods and drinking wine to excess. \n‘One day Dhanapāla kicked Dhṛṣṭhabuddhī out of the house after he saw him walking along the road arm-in-arm with a known prostitute. From then on all Dhṛṣṭhabuddhī’s relatives were highly critical of him and distanced themselves from him. After he had sold his ornaments and become destitute\, the prostitutes also abandoned him and insulted him because of his poverty. \n“ ‘Dhṛṣṭhabuddhī was now full of anxiety\, and also hungry. He thought\, “What should I do? Where should I go? How can I maintain myself? He then began to steal. The king’s constables arrested him\, but when they learned that his father was the famous Dhanapāla\, they released him. He was caught and released many times. But at last\, the ill-mannered Dhṛṣṭhabuddhī was apprehended\, handcuffed\, and then beaten. After whipping him\, the king’s marshals warned him\, “O evil one\, there is no place for you here. \n‘However\, Dhṛṣṭhabuddhī was freed from his tribulation by his father and immediately thereafter entered the dense forest. He wandered here and there\, hungry and thirsty and suffering greatly. Eventually he began killing lions\, deer\, boars\, and wolves for food. Always ready in his hand was his bow\, always on his shoulder his quiver full of sharp arrows. He also killed many birds\, such as cakoras\, peacocks\, kaṅkas\, doves and pigeons. He unhesitatingly slaughtered many species of birds and animals\, and thus his sins mounted day to day. On account of his previous sins\, he was now immersed in an ocean of great sin. \n“ ‘Dhṛṣṭhabuddhī was always miserable and anxious\, but one day\, during the month of Vaisākha\, by the force of some of his past merit he chanced upon the sacred āśrama of Kauṇḍinya Muni. The great sage had just finished bathing in the Ganges River\, and water was dripping from him. Dhṛṣṭhabuddhī had the great good fortune to touch some of those drops falling from the sage’s clothes. Instantly Dhṛṣṭhabuddhī was freed of ignorance\, and his sinful reactions were reduced. Offering his humble obeisances to Kauṇḍinya Muni\, Dhṛṣṭhabuddhī prayed to him with joined palms: “O great brāhmaṇa\, please describe some of the atonement I may perform without too much endeavour. I have committed so many sins in my life\, and these have now made me very poor. \n“ ‘The great ṛṣi replied\, “O son\, listen with great attention\, for by hearing me you will become free of all your remaining sins. In the light fortnight of this month\, Vaisākha there occurs the sacred Mohinī Ekādaśī\, which has the power to nullify sins as vast and weighty as Mount Sumeru. If you follow my advice and faithfully observe a fast on this Ekādaśī\, which is so dear to Lord Hari\, you will be freed from all the sinful reactions of many\, many births. \n“ ‘Hearing these words with great joy\, Dhṛṣṭhabuddhī promised to observe a fast on Mohinī Ekādaśī according to the sage’s instructions. O best of kings\, O Rāma\, by fasting completely on Mohinī Ekādaśī\, the once-sinful Dhṛṣṭhabuddhī\, the prodigal son of the merchant Dhanapāla\, became sinless. Afterward he achieved a beautiful transcendental form and\, free at last of all obstacles\, rode upon Garuḍa\, the carrier of Viṣṇu\, to the Lord’s Supreme abode. \n“ ‘O Rāma\, the fast day of Mohinī Ekādaśī removes the darkest illusory attachments to material existence. There is thus no better fast day in all the three worlds.’ ” \nLord Kṛṣṇa concluded\, “And so\, O Yudhiṣṭhira\, there is no place of pilgrimage\, no sacrifice\, and no charity that can bestow merit equal to even one sixteenth of the merit a faithful devotee of Mine obtains by observing Mohinī Ekādaśī. And He who hears and studies the glories of Mohinī Ekādaśī achieves the merit of giving away one thousand cows in charity. \nThus ends the narration of the glories of Vaisākha-śukla Ekādaśī\, or Mohinī Ekādaśī\, from the Kūrma Purāṇa.
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SUMMARY:Nrsimha Chaturdasi Vratam Vaisnavanam (Appearance of Lord Nrsimhadeva)
DESCRIPTION:FASTING FROM ALL GRAINS AND BEANS AND BREAKING FAST ON THE NEXT DAY. \nThe Agama Sastra states\, VAISNAVAIR NA TU KARTAVYA SMARAVIDDHA CHATURSADI\, Vaisnavas should not observe Nrsimha Chaturdasi fast on that day if that day is combined with the previous day (i.e. mixed with\ntrayodasi). Vaisnavas should observe only the pure and unmixed chaturdasi fast. \n  tava kara-kamala-vare nakham adbhuta-sringam\ndalita-hiranyakasipu-tanu-bhringam\nkesava dhrita-narahari-rupa jaya jagadisa hare \nO Lord Kesava\, O Lord of the Universe\, O remover of miseries of Your devotees\, all glories to You. You had adopted a form of half-lion and half man and killed the beelike demon Hiranyakasipu by using the spectacular nails on Your lotus hands. This act is so surprising because the bee usually tears at the heart of a lotus\, whereas in this instance You ripped the bee like Hiranyakasipu with Your lotus petal-like hands.
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SUMMARY:Vaisākha pūrṇimā
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SUMMARY:Aparā Ekādaśī Vrataṁ – Jyeṣṭha kṛṣṇa pakṣa
DESCRIPTION:BREAKING THE FAST ON THE NEXT DAY. \nYudhiṣṭhira Mahārāja said\, “O Janārdana\, what is the name of the Ekādaśī that occurs during the dark fortnight of the month of Jyeṣṭha [May-June]? I wish to hear the glories of this sacred day. Please narrate everything to me.” \nLord Śrī Kṛṣṇa said\, “O king\, your inquiry is wonderful because the answer will benefit the whole human society. This Ekādaśī is so sublime and meritorious that even the greatest sins can be erased by its potency. O great king\, the name of this unlimitedly meritorious Ekādaśī is Aparā Ekādaśī. Whoever fasts on this holy day becomes famous all over the universe. Even such sins as killing a brāhmaṇa\, a cow\, or an embryo; blasphemy; or having sex with another man’s wife are completely eradicated by observing Aparā Ekādaśī. \n“O king\, people who bear false witness are most sinful. A person who falsely or sarcastically glorifies another; one who cheats while weighing something on a scale; one who fails to execute the duties of his varṇa or aśrama (an unqualified man’s posing as a brāhmaṇa\, for example\, or a person’s reciting the Vedas wrongly); one who invents his own scriptures; one who cheats others; one who is a charlatan astrologer\, a cheating accountant\, or a false āyurvedic doctor–all these are surely as bad as a person who bears false witness\, and they are all destined for hell. But simply by observing Aparā Ekādaśī\, all such sinners become completely free of their sinful reactions. \n“Warriors who fall from their kṣatriya-dharma and flee the battlefield go to a ferocious hell. But\, O Yudhiṣṭhira\, even such a fallen kṣatriya\, if he observes fasting on Aparā Ekādaśī is freed of that great sin and goes to heaven. \n“That disciple is the greatest sinner who\, after receiving a proper spiritual education from his spiritual master\, turns around and blasphemes him. Such a so-called disciple suffers unlimitedly. But even he\, if he simply observes Aparā Ekādaśī can attain to the spiritual world. Listen\, O king\, as I describe to you further glories of this Ekādaśī. \n“The merit attained by one who performs all of the following acts of piety is equal to the merit achieved by one who observes Aparā Ekādaśī. bathing three times a day in Puṣkara-kṣetra during Kārtika [October-November]; bathing at Prayāg in the month of Māgha [January-February] when the sun is in the Zodiac; rendering service to Lord Śiva at Vārāṇasī during Śiva-rātrī; offering oblations to one’s forefathers at Gayā; bathing in the sacred Gautamī River when Jupiter transits Leo; having darśana of Lord Śiva at Kedāranātha; seeing Lord Badrīnātha when the sun transits the sign of Aquarius; and bathing at the time of a solar eclipse at Kurukṣetra and giving cows\, elephants\, and gold there in charity. All the merit one gets from performing these pious acts is gained by a person who observes the Aparā Ekādaśī fast. Also\, the merit attained by one who donates a pregnant cow\, along with gold and fertile land\, is attained by one who fasts on this day. \n“In other words\, Aparā Ekādaśī is an axe that cuts down the fully matured tree of sinful deeds\, it is a forest fire that burns sins as if they were firewood\, it is the sun blazing before one’s dark misdeeds\, and it is a lion stalking the meek deer of impiety. Therefore\, O Yudhiṣṭhira\, whoever truly fears his past and present sins must observe Aparā Ekādaśī very strictly. One who does not observe this fast must be born again in the material world\, like one bubble among millions in a huge body of water\, or like a small ant among all other species. \n“Therefore one must faithfully observe the sacred Aparā Ekādaśī and worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead\, Śrī Trivikrama. One who does so is freed of all his sins and promoted to the abode of Lord Viṣṇu. \n“O Bhārata\, for the benefit of all humanity I have thus described to you the importance of holy Aparā Ekādaśī. Anyone who hears or reads this description is certainly freed from all kinds of sins\, O king.” \nThus ends the narration of the glories of Jyeṣṭha-kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī\, or Aparā Ekādaśī\, from the Brahmāṇda Purāṇa.
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