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…)