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SUMMARY:Kāmadā Ekādaśī Vrataṁ – Caitra śukla pakṣa
DESCRIPTION:FASTING FROM ALL GRAINS AND BEANS MUST BE OBSERVED.\nFOLLOWED BY BREAKING THE FAST ON THE NEXT DAY. \nŚrī Sūta Gosvāmī said\, “O sages\, let me offer my humble and respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Lord Hari\, Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa\, the son of Devakī and Vasudeva\, by whose mercy I can describe the fast day that removes all kinds of sins. It was to the devoted Yudhiṣṭhira that Lord Kṛṣṇa glorified the twenty-four primary Ekādaśīs\, which destroy sin\, and now I shall recount one of those narrations to you. Great learned sages have selected these twenty-four narrations from the eighteen Puraṇas\, for they are truly sublime. \nYudhiṣṭhira Mahārāja said\, “O Lord Kṛṣṇa\, O Vāsudeva\, please accept my humble obeisances. Please describe to me the Ekādaśī that occurs during the light part of the month of Caitra [March-April]. What is its name\, and what are its glories?” \nLord Śrī Kṛṣṇa replied\, “O Yudhiṣṭhira\, please listen to Me attentively as I relate the ancient history of this sacred Ekādaśī\, a history Vasiṣṭha Muni once related to King Dilīpa\, the great-grandfather of Lord Rāmacandra. \nKing Dilīpa asked the great sage Vasiṣṭha\, “O wise brāhmaṇa\, I wish to hear about the Ekādaśī\, that comes during the light part of the month of Caitra. Please describe it to me.” \nVasiṣṭha Muni replied\, “O king\, your inquiry is glorious. Gladly shall I tell you what you wish to know. The Ekādaśī that occurs during the light fortnight of Caitra is named Kāmadā Ekādaśī. It consumes all sins\, as a forest fire consumes a supply of dry firewood. It is very purifying\, and it bestows the highest merit upon one who faithfully observes it. O king\, now hear an ancient history\, which is so meritorious that it removes all one’s sins simply by being heard.” \nOnce\, long ago\, there existed a city-state named Ratnapura\, which was decorated with gold and jewels and in which sharp-fanged snakes would enjoy intoxication. King Punḍarīka was the ruler of this most beautiful kingdom\, which numbered many Gandharvas\, Kinnaras\, and Apsarās among its citizens. \nAmong the Gandharvas were Lalita and his wife Lalitā\, who was an especially lovely dancer. These two were intensely attracted to each other\, and their home was full of great wealth and fine food. Lalitā loved her husband dearly\, and likewise he constantly thought of her within his heart. \nOnce\, at the court of King Pundarīka\, many Gandharvas were dancing and Lalita was singing alone\, without his wife. He could not help thinking about her as he sang\, and because of this distraction he lost track of the song’s meter and melody. Indeed\, Lalita sang the ending of his song improperly\, and one of the envious snakes who was in attendance at the king’s court complained to the king that Lalita was absorbed in thinking of his wife instead of his sovereign. The king became furious upon hearing this\, and his eyes turned crimson with rage. Suddenly he shouted\, “O foolish knave\, because you were lustfully thinking of a woman instead of reverently thinking of your king as you performed your court duties\, I curse you to at once become a cannibal!” \nO king\, Lalita immediately became a fearful cannibal\, a great man-eating demon whose appearance terrified everyone. His arms were eight miles long\, his mouth was as big as a huge cave\, his eyes were as awesome as the sun and moon\, his nostrils resembled enormous pits in the earth\, his neck was a veritable mountain\, his hips were four miles wide\, and his gigantic body stood a full sixty-four miles high. Thus poor Lalita\, the loving Gandharva singer\, had to suffer the reaction of his offense against King Pundarīka. \nSeeing her husband suffering as a horrible cannibal\, Lalitā became overwhelmed with grief. She thought\, “Now that my dear husband is suffering the effects of the king’s curse\, what is to be my lot? What should I do? Where should I go?” In this way Lalitā grieved day and night. Instead of enjoying life as a Gandharva’s wife\, she had to wander everywhere in the thick jungle with her monstrous husband\, who had fallen completely under the spell of the king’s curse and was wholly engaged in terrible sinful activities. He wandered fitfully across forbidding regions\, a once-beautiful Gandharva demigod now reduced to the ghastly behavior of a man-eater. Utterly distraught to see her dear husband suffer so much in his dreadful condition\, Lalitā began to cry as she followed his mad journeying. \nBy good fortune\, however\, Lalitā came upon the sage Śṛṅgi one day. He was sitting on the peak of the famous Vindhyācala Hill. Approaching him\, she immediately offered the ascetic her respectful obeisances. The sage noticed her bowing down before him and said\, “O most beautiful one\, who are you? Whose daughter are you\, and why have you come here? Please tell me everything in truth.” \nLalitā replied\, “O great sage\, I am the daughter of the great Gandharva Vīradhanvā\, and my name is Lalitā. I roam the forests and plains with my dear husband\, whom King Pundarīka has cursed to become a man-eating demon. O brāhmaṇa\, I am greatly aggrieved to see his ferocious form and terribly sinful activities. O master\, please tell me how I can perform some act of atonement on behalf of my husband. What pious act can I perform to free him from this demoniac form\, O best of brāhmaṇas?” \nThe sage replied\, “O heavenly maiden\, there is an Ekādaśī named Kāmadā that occurs in the light fortnight of the month of Caitra. It is coming up soon. Whoever fasts on this day has all his desires fulfilled. If you observe this Ekādaśī fast according to its rules and regulations and give the merit you thus earn to your husband\, he will be freed from the curse at once.” Lalitā was overjoyed to hear these words from the sage. \nLalitā faithfully observed the fast of Kāmadā Ekādaśī according to the instructions of the sage Śṛṅgi\, and on Dvādaśi she appeared before him and the Deity of Lord Vāsudeva and said\, “I have faithfully observed the fast of Kāmadā Ekādaśī. By the merit earned through my observance of this fast\, let my husband be free from the curse that has turned him into a demoniac cannibal. May the merit I have gained thus free him from misery.” \nAs soon as Lalitā finished speaking\, her husband\, who stood nearby\, was at once freed from the king’s curse. He immediately regained his original form as the Gandharva Lalita\, a handsome heavenly singer adorned with many beautiful ornaments. Now\, with his wife Lalitā\, he could enjoy even more opulence than before. All this was accomplished by the power and glory of Kāmadā Ekādaśī. At last the Gandharva couple boarded a celestial airplane and ascended to heaven.” \nLord Śrī Kṛṣṇa continued\, “O Yudhiṣṭhira\, best of kings\, anyone who hears this wonderful narration should certainly observe holy Kāmadā Ekādaśī to the best of his ability\, such great merit does it bestow upon the faithful devotee. I have therefore described its glories to you for the benefit of all humanity. There is no better Ekādaśī than Kāmadā Ekādaśī. It can eradicate even the sin of killing a brāhmaṇa\, and it also nullifies demoniac curses and cleanses the consciousness. In all the three worlds\, among movable and immovable living entities\, there is no better day.” \nThus ends the narration of the glories of Caitra-śukla Ekādaśī\, or Kāmadā Ekādaśī\, from the< Varāha Purāṇa./em>
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SUMMARY:Caitra pūrṇimā - Balaram Rasayatra
DESCRIPTION:****Full Moon Day****
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SUMMARY:Varūthinī Ekādaśī Vrataṁ – Vaisākha kṛṣṇa pakṣa
DESCRIPTION:BREAKING THE FAST ON THE NEXT DAY. \nYudhiṣṭhira Mahārāja said\, “O Vāsudeva\, I offer my most humble obeisances unto You. Please now describe the Ekādaśī of the dark fortnight of the month of Vaisākha [April-May]\, including its specific merits and influence.” \nLord Śrī Kṛṣṇa replied\, “O King\, in this world and the next\, the most auspicious and magnanimous Ekādaśī is Varūthinī Ekādaśī\, which occurs during the dark fortnight of the month of Vaisākha. Whoever observes a complete fast on this sacred day has his sins completely removed\, obtains continuous happiness\, and achieves all good fortune. Fasting on Varūthinī Ekādaśī makes even an unfortunate woman fortunate. Upon anyone who observes it\, this Ekādaśī bestows material enjoyment in this life and liberation after death. It destroys the sins of all and saves people from the miseries of rebirth. \n“By observing this Ekādaśī properly\, King Māndhātā was liberated. Many other kings also benefited from observing it—kings such as Mahārāja Dhundhumāra\, in the Ikṣvāku dynasty\, who became free from leprosy resulting from a curse Lord Śiva had imposed as a punishment. Whatever merit one obtains by performing austerities and penances for ten thousand years is achieved by a person who observes Varūthinī Ekādaśī. The merit one achieves by donating a great amount of gold during a solar eclipse at Kurukśetra is gained by one who observes this Ekādaśī fast. In short\, this Ekādaśī is pure and very enlivening and a destroyer of all sins. \n“Better than giving horses in charity is giving elephants\, and better than giving elephants is giving land. But better than giving land is giving of sesame seeds\, and better than that is giving gold. Still better than giving gold is giving food grains\, for all the forefathers\, demigods\, and human beings become satisfied by eating grains. Thus there is no better charity than this in the past\, present\, or future. Yet learned scholars have declared that giving away a young maiden in marriage to a worthy person is equal to giving food grains. Moreover\, Śrī Kṛṣṇa\, the Supreme Personality of Godhead\, has said that giving cows in charity is equal even to giving food grains. Still better than all these charities is teaching spiritual knowledge to the ignorant. Yet all the merits one can attain by performing all these acts of charity are attained by one who fasts on Varūthinī Ekādaśī.” \n“One who lives off the wealth of his daughters suffers a hellish condition until the inundation of the entire universe\, O Bhārata. Therefore one should be especially careful not to use the wealth of his daughter. O best of kings\, any householder who takes his daughter’s wealth out of greed\, who tries to sell his daughter\, or who takes money from the man to whom he has given his daughter in marriage—such a householder becomes a lowly cat in his next life. Therefore it is said that whoever\, as a sacred act of charity\, gives in marriage a maiden decorated with various ornaments\, and who also gives a dowry with her\, obtains merit that cannot be described even by Citragupta\, the chief secretary of Yamarāja in the heavenly planets. That very same merit\, however\, can easily be achieved by one who fasts on the Varūthinī Ekādaśī. \n“The following things should be given up on the Daśamī\, the day before the Ekādaśī: eating on bell-metal plates\, eating any kind of urad-dāl\, eating red lentils\, eating chick-peas\, eating kondo\, eating spinach\, eating honey\, eating in another person’s house/home\, eating more than once\, and sex. On Ekādaśī itself one should give up the following: gambling\, sports\, sleeping during the daytime\, betel nuts and its leaf\, brushing one’s teeth\, spreading rumors\, faultfinding\, talking to the spiritually fallen\, anger\, and lying. On Dvādaśī\, the day after Ekādaśī\, one should give up the following: eating on bell-metal plates\, eating urad-dāl\, red-lentils\, or honey\, lying\, strenuous exercise or labour\, eating more than once\, sex\, shaving\, smearing oil on one’s body\, and eating in another’s home.” \nLord Śrī Kṛṣṇa continued\, “Whoever observes the Varūthinī Ekādaśī in this way becomes free from all sinful reactions and returns to the eternal\, spiritual abode. One who worships Lord Janārdana on this Ekādaśī by staying awake throughout the night also becomes free from all his sins and attains to the spiritual abode. Therefore\, O king\, he who is frightened of his sins and their attendant reactions\, and thus of death itself\, must observe Varūthinī Ekādaśī by fasting very strictly. Finally\, O noble Yudhiṣṭhira\, he who hears or reads this glorification of the sacred Varūthinī Ekādaśī obtains the merit earned by donating one thousand cows in charity\, and at last he returns home\, to the abode of Lord Viṣṇu.” \nThus ends the narration of the glories of Vaisākha-kṛṣṇa Ekādaśī\, or Varūthinī Ekādaśī\, from the Bhaviṣya-uttara Purāṇa.
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SUMMARY:Vaisākha amāvasyā
DESCRIPTION:****NEW MOON DAY.**** \nAmāvásyā is the lunar phase of the new moon in Sanskrit. Indian calendars use 30 lunar phases\, called tithi in India. The dark moon tithi is when the Moon is within 12 degrees of the angular distance between the Sun and Moon before conjunction.
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SUMMARY:Vaisākha Aksaya Trtiya day
DESCRIPTION:A GRAND FESTIVAL OF 108 KALASHA ABHISEKA\, BATHING CEREMONY\, OF LORD SRI SRI RADHA GOVINDAJI IN SRI VRINDABAN DHAM\, INDIA. CHANDANA SRNGAR\, ANOINTING THE WHOLE BODY OF LORD GOVINDA USING SANDALWOOD PASTE\, IS HELD ON THIS DAY.
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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.
URL:https://www.krsna.org/event/mohini-ekadasi-vrata%e1%b9%81-sarvesam-vaisakha-sukla-pak%e1%b9%a3a-2/
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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.
URL:https://www.krsna.org/event/nrsimha-chaturdasi-vratam-vaisnavanam-appearance-of-lord-nrsimhadeva-2/
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SUMMARY:Vaisākha pūrṇimā
DESCRIPTION:****Full Moon Day****
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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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