Once Bhimasena the young brother of Maharaja Yudhisthira asked the great sage Srila Vyasadeva grandfather of the Pandavas, if it was possible to return to espirutual world without having observed all the rules and regulations of the Ekadasi fasts. Bhimasena said: Oh, clever grandfather!, My brother Yudhisthira, my dear mother Kunti, and my beloved wife Draupadi as Arjuna, Nakula Sahadeva fast and completely Ekadasi and strictly follow the rules and regulations of this sacred day. Oh, Grandpa!, I say, I can not live without eating, because hunger is unbearable to me. (more…)

Many devotees are very inquisitive about the appearance of Sri Ekadashi and their special characteristics. Therefore I am presenting this description of Chapter 14 of the Padma Purana, in the section entitled “Kriya-Sagara-sara.”    Once the great sage Jaimini IHRs told his spiritual master Srila Vyasadeva,   ¡Oh Gurudev! Before your mercy, I’ve described the history of the glories of the Ganga river, the benefits of worshiping the Lord Vishnu, giving grains in charity, give charity and water in the magnanimity of drinking water have washed the feet of the Brahmins. Oh, the best of the sages, Sri Gurudev, now, with great enthusiasm, I hear the benefits of fasting on Ekadashi day and the emergence of Ekadashi. Kasman ekadasi JATA tasyah ko is vidhir dvija
Kada is kriyate kim kim is going phalam me vadasva
Tatra Devata pujyatama goes ka-sad gunarnava
akurvatah syatko dosa etan me vaktum arhasi (more…)