The saintly king Yudhisthira maharaj said, "Oh Supreme Lord, I have heard from You the glories of fasting on Deva-sayani Ekadasi, which occurs during the light fortnight of the month of Ashadha.
Now I would like to hear from You the glories of the Ekadasi that occurs during the dark fortnight (krishna paksha) of the month of Shravana (July -August).
Oh Govindadeva, please be merciful to me and explain its glories.
Oh Supreme Vasudeva, I offer my most humble obeisances unto You.
The Supreme Lord, Shri Krishna, replied, "Oh King, please listen attentively as I describe the auspicious influence of this Holy fast (vrata) day, which removes all sins.
Narada Muni once asked Lord Brahma about this same topic.
'Oh regent of all beings,' said Naradji, 'Oh you who sit upon a water born lotus throne, please tell me the name of the Ekadasi that occurs during the dark fortnight of the sacred month of Shravana.
Please also tell me which Deity is to be worshipped on that Holy day, the process one must follow to observe it, and the merit it awards.'
Lord Brahma replied, 'My dear son Narada, for the benefit of all humanity I shall happily tell you everything you wish to know, for just hearing the glories of the Kamika Ekadasi bestows merit equal to that obtained by one who performs a horse sacrifice.
Certainly, great merit is attained by one who worships, and who also meditates on the lotus feet of the four-armed Lord Gadadhara, who holds conchshell, disc, club and lotus in His hands and who is also known as Shridhara, Hari, Vishnu, Madhava, and Madhusudana.
And the blessings achieved by such a person / devotee, who worships Lord Vishnu exclusively are far greater than those achieved by one who takes a sacred bath in the Ganges at Kashi (Varanasi), in the forest of Naimisharanya, or at Pushkara, which is the only place on the planet where I am formally worshipped.
But one who observes this Kamika Ekadasi and also worships Lord Shri Krishna achieves greater merit than one who has darshan of Lord Kedaranatha in the Himalayas, or one who bathes at Kurukshetra during a solar eclipse, or one who donates the whole Earth in charity, including its forests and oceans, or one who bathes in the Gandaki River (where the sacred Shaligrams are found) or the Godavari River on a full moon (purnima) day that falls on a Monday when Leo (Simha) and Jupiter (Guru) are conjoined (conjunct).
'Observing Kamika Ekadasi bestows the same merit as donating a milk-cow and her auspicious calf, along with their feed.
On this all auspicious day, whosoever worships Lord Sri Shridhara-deva, Vishnu, is glorified by all the devas, Gandharvas, Pannagas, and Nagas.
'Those who are afraid of their past sins and completely immersed in sinful materialistic life should at least observe this best of Ekadasis according to their ability and thus attain liberation.
This Ekadasi is the purest of all days and the most powerful for removing sins of the native.
Oh Narad ji, Lord Shri Hari Himself once said about this Ekadasi, "One who fasts on Kamika Ekadasi attains much more merit than one who studies all the spiritual literatures.
'Anyone who fasts on this particular day remains awake throughout the night will never experience the anger of Yamaraja, the king of death personified.
It has been seen that whoever observes Kamika Ekadasi will not have to suffer future births, and in the past too, many Yogis of devotion who fasted on this day went to the spiritual world.
One should therefore follow in their auspicious footsteps and strictly observe a fast on this most auspicious of Ekadasis.
'Whosoever worships Lord Shri Hari with Tulsi leaves is freed from all implication of sin.
Indeed, he lives untouched by sin, as the lotus leaf, although in the water, is untouched by it.
Whosoever offers Lord Shri Hari but a single leaf from the sacred Tulsi tree (occillium basilcum sanctum) attains as much merit as one who gives away in charity two hundred grams of gold and eight hundred grams of silver.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead is more pleased by one who offers Him a single Tulsi leaf than by one who worships Him with pearls, rubies, topaz, diamonds, lapis lazuli, sapphires, gomeda stones (gomaz), cat's eye gems, and coral.
One who offers Lord Keshava newly grown manjari buds from the Tulsi plant gets rid of all the sins he has committed during this or any other lifetime.
Indeed, mere darshana of Tulsi on Kamika Ekadasi removes all sins, and merely touching her and praying to her removes all kinds of disease.
One who waters Tulsi devi need never fear the Lord of death, Yamaraja.
One who plants or transplants Tulsi on this days will eventually reside with Lord Shri Krishna in His own abode.
To Srimati Tulsi devi, who awards liberation in devotional service, one should therefore daily offer one's full obeisances.
'Even Chitragupta, Yamaraja's secretary, cannot calculate the merit obtained by one who offers Shrimati Tulsi-devi a perpetually burning ghee lamp.
So dear is this sacred Ekadasi to the Supreme Personality of Godhead that all the forefathers of one who offers a bright ghee lamp to Lord Shri Krishna on this day ascend to the heavenly planets and drink the celestial nectar there.
Whoever offers a ghee or sesame oil lamp to Shri Krishna on this day is freed from all his sins and enters the abode of Surya, the Sun-god, with a body as bright as ten million lamps.
This Ekadasi is so powerful that if one who is unable to fast simply follows the practices as mentioned herein, s/he is elevated to the heavenly planets, along with all their forefathers.
'Oh Maharaj Yudhisthira,Lord Shri Krishna concluded, "...these were the words of prajapathi Brahma to his son Narad Muni concerning the incalculable glories of this Kamika Ekadasi, which removes all sins.
This sacred day nullifies even the sin of killing a brahmana or the sin of killing an unborn child in the womb, and it promotes one to the spiritual world by making one supremely meritorious.
One who kills the innocent, i.e., a brahmin (brahmana), a child in the womb, a pious and spotless woman, etc., and then later hears about the glories of Kamika Ekadasi will be relieved of the reaction to one's sins.
However, one should NOT think beforehand that one can kill a Brahmin or other innocent folk and then go unpunished simply by hearing of this Ekadasi.
Such knowing commission of sin is an abomination.
Whosoever hears these glories of the Kamika Ekadasi with faith becomes free of all sins and returns home, back to Godhead - Vishnu-loka, Vaikuntha.
Thus ends the narration of the glories of the Shravana-krshna Ekadasi, or Kamika Ekadasi, from the Brahma-Vaivarta Purana.
Now I would like to hear from You the glories of the Ekadasi that occurs during the dark fortnight (krishna paksha) of the month of Shravana (July -August).
Oh Govindadeva, please be merciful to me and explain its glories.
Oh Supreme Vasudeva, I offer my most humble obeisances unto You.
The Supreme Lord, Shri Krishna, replied, "Oh King, please listen attentively as I describe the auspicious influence of this Holy fast (vrata) day, which removes all sins.
Narada Muni once asked Lord Brahma about this same topic.
'Oh regent of all beings,' said Naradji, 'Oh you who sit upon a water born lotus throne, please tell me the name of the Ekadasi that occurs during the dark fortnight of the sacred month of Shravana.
Please also tell me which Deity is to be worshipped on that Holy day, the process one must follow to observe it, and the merit it awards.'
Lord Brahma replied, 'My dear son Narada, for the benefit of all humanity I shall happily tell you everything you wish to know, for just hearing the glories of the Kamika Ekadasi bestows merit equal to that obtained by one who performs a horse sacrifice.
Certainly, great merit is attained by one who worships, and who also meditates on the lotus feet of the four-armed Lord Gadadhara, who holds conchshell, disc, club and lotus in His hands and who is also known as Shridhara, Hari, Vishnu, Madhava, and Madhusudana.
And the blessings achieved by such a person / devotee, who worships Lord Vishnu exclusively are far greater than those achieved by one who takes a sacred bath in the Ganges at Kashi (Varanasi), in the forest of Naimisharanya, or at Pushkara, which is the only place on the planet where I am formally worshipped.
But one who observes this Kamika Ekadasi and also worships Lord Shri Krishna achieves greater merit than one who has darshan of Lord Kedaranatha in the Himalayas, or one who bathes at Kurukshetra during a solar eclipse, or one who donates the whole Earth in charity, including its forests and oceans, or one who bathes in the Gandaki River (where the sacred Shaligrams are found) or the Godavari River on a full moon (purnima) day that falls on a Monday when Leo (Simha) and Jupiter (Guru) are conjoined (conjunct).
'Observing Kamika Ekadasi bestows the same merit as donating a milk-cow and her auspicious calf, along with their feed.
On this all auspicious day, whosoever worships Lord Sri Shridhara-deva, Vishnu, is glorified by all the devas, Gandharvas, Pannagas, and Nagas.
'Those who are afraid of their past sins and completely immersed in sinful materialistic life should at least observe this best of Ekadasis according to their ability and thus attain liberation.
This Ekadasi is the purest of all days and the most powerful for removing sins of the native.
Oh Narad ji, Lord Shri Hari Himself once said about this Ekadasi, "One who fasts on Kamika Ekadasi attains much more merit than one who studies all the spiritual literatures.
'Anyone who fasts on this particular day remains awake throughout the night will never experience the anger of Yamaraja, the king of death personified.
It has been seen that whoever observes Kamika Ekadasi will not have to suffer future births, and in the past too, many Yogis of devotion who fasted on this day went to the spiritual world.
One should therefore follow in their auspicious footsteps and strictly observe a fast on this most auspicious of Ekadasis.
'Whosoever worships Lord Shri Hari with Tulsi leaves is freed from all implication of sin.
Indeed, he lives untouched by sin, as the lotus leaf, although in the water, is untouched by it.
Whosoever offers Lord Shri Hari but a single leaf from the sacred Tulsi tree (occillium basilcum sanctum) attains as much merit as one who gives away in charity two hundred grams of gold and eight hundred grams of silver.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead is more pleased by one who offers Him a single Tulsi leaf than by one who worships Him with pearls, rubies, topaz, diamonds, lapis lazuli, sapphires, gomeda stones (gomaz), cat's eye gems, and coral.
One who offers Lord Keshava newly grown manjari buds from the Tulsi plant gets rid of all the sins he has committed during this or any other lifetime.
Indeed, mere darshana of Tulsi on Kamika Ekadasi removes all sins, and merely touching her and praying to her removes all kinds of disease.
One who waters Tulsi devi need never fear the Lord of death, Yamaraja.
One who plants or transplants Tulsi on this days will eventually reside with Lord Shri Krishna in His own abode.
To Srimati Tulsi devi, who awards liberation in devotional service, one should therefore daily offer one's full obeisances.
'Even Chitragupta, Yamaraja's secretary, cannot calculate the merit obtained by one who offers Shrimati Tulsi-devi a perpetually burning ghee lamp.
So dear is this sacred Ekadasi to the Supreme Personality of Godhead that all the forefathers of one who offers a bright ghee lamp to Lord Shri Krishna on this day ascend to the heavenly planets and drink the celestial nectar there.
Whoever offers a ghee or sesame oil lamp to Shri Krishna on this day is freed from all his sins and enters the abode of Surya, the Sun-god, with a body as bright as ten million lamps.
This Ekadasi is so powerful that if one who is unable to fast simply follows the practices as mentioned herein, s/he is elevated to the heavenly planets, along with all their forefathers.
'Oh Maharaj Yudhisthira,Lord Shri Krishna concluded, "...these were the words of prajapathi Brahma to his son Narad Muni concerning the incalculable glories of this Kamika Ekadasi, which removes all sins.
This sacred day nullifies even the sin of killing a brahmana or the sin of killing an unborn child in the womb, and it promotes one to the spiritual world by making one supremely meritorious.
One who kills the innocent, i.e., a brahmin (brahmana), a child in the womb, a pious and spotless woman, etc., and then later hears about the glories of Kamika Ekadasi will be relieved of the reaction to one's sins.
However, one should NOT think beforehand that one can kill a Brahmin or other innocent folk and then go unpunished simply by hearing of this Ekadasi.
Such knowing commission of sin is an abomination.
Whosoever hears these glories of the Kamika Ekadasi with faith becomes free of all sins and returns home, back to Godhead - Vishnu-loka, Vaikuntha.
Thus ends the narration of the glories of the Shravana-krshna Ekadasi, or Kamika Ekadasi, from the Brahma-Vaivarta Purana.
él santo rey Yudhisthira Maharaja dijo: "Oh Señor Supremo, he oído hablar de ti las glorias de ayunar en Deva-sayani Ekadasi que ocurre durante la quincena del mes de Ashadha.
Ahora me gustaría saber de usted las glorias del Ekadasi que ocurre durante la quincena oscura (krishna paksha) del mes de Shravana (julio-agosto).
Oh Govindadeva, por favor, ten piedad de mí y explicar sus glorias.
Oh Supremo Vasudeva, ofrezco mis más humildes reverencias.
El Señor Supremo, Sri Krsna replicó, "Oh rey, por favor escucha atentamente cuando describo la auspiciosa influencia de este día santo rápido (vrata), que remueve todos los pecados.
Narada Muni una vez le preguntó el Señor Brahma sobre este mismo tema.
'Oh regente de todos los seres ", dijo Naradji,' Oh tú que te sientas sobre un trono de loto nacido del agua, por favor dígame el nombre del Ekadasi que ocurre durante la quincena oscura del mes sagrado de Shravana.
Por favor, también me dicen que la Deidad debe ser adorado en ese día santo, el proceso hay que seguir para observarlo, y los premios que por mérito. "
Señor Brahma respondió: "Mi querido hijo Narada, en beneficio de toda la humanidad que se felizmente le dirá todo lo que deseas saber, por sólo escuchar las glorias del Kamika Ekadasi otorga mérito igual a la obtenida por una persona que realiza un sacrificio de caballo.
Sin duda, un gran mérito es alcanzado por aquel que adora, y que también medita en los pies de loto del cuatro brazos Señor Gadadhara, que sostiene la caracola, el disco, maza y el loto en sus manos y que también se conoce como Shridhara, Hari, Vishnu , Madhava y Madhusudana.
Y las bendiciones alcanzadas por una persona / devoto, que adora al Señor Vishnu son exclusivamente mucho mayores que los logrados por el que toma un baño sagrado en el Ganges en Kashi (Benarés), en el bosque de Naimisharanya, o al Pushkara, que es el único lugar en el planeta donde estoy adoraba formalmente.
Pero aquel que observa este Ekadasi Kamika y también adora al Señor Shri Krishna consigue una mayor mérito que el que tiene el darshan del Señor Kedaranatha en el Himalaya, o uno que se baña en Kurukshetra durante un eclipse solar, o el que dona toda la Tierra en la caridad, incluyendo sus bosques y los océanos, o uno que se baña en el río Gandaki (donde se encuentran los Shaligrams sagrados) o en el río Godavari en una Luna Llena (purnima) días que cae en un lunes cuando Leo (Simha) y Júpiter (Gurú) están unidos (conjunción).
'Observación Kamika Ekadasi otorga el mismo mérito que la donación de una leche de vaca y su ternero auspicioso, junto con su alimentación.
En esto todo el día auspicioso, quienquiera adora al Señor Sri Shridhara-deva, Vishnu, es glorificado por todos los Devas, Gandharvas, Pannagas y Nagas.
'Los que tienen miedo de sus pecados pasados y completamente inmerso en la vida materialista pecaminosa debería por lo menos observar esta mejor de Ekadasis acuerdo a su capacidad y por lo tanto alcanzar la liberación.
Este Ekadasi es el más puro de todos los días y el más poderoso para eliminar los pecados de los nativos.
Oh Narada ji, Lord Shri Hari mismo dijo una vez acerca de este Ekadasi, "Aquel que ayuna en Ekadasi Kamika alcanza mucho más mérito que uno que estudia todas las literaturas espirituales.
'Cualquier persona que ayuna en este día en particular se mantiene despierto durante toda la noche nunca experimentará la ira de Yamaraja, el rey de la muerte personificada.
Se ha visto que quien observa Kamika Ekadasi no tendrá que sufrir futuros nacimientos, y en el pasado también, muchos yoguis de la devoción que ayunaron en este día fue al mundo espiritual.
Entonces, uno debe seguir sus pasos auspiciosos y observar estrictamente un ayuno en este el más auspicioso de Ekadasis.
"Todo aquel que adora al Señor Shri Hari con Tulsi hojas se libera de toda implicación de pecado.
De hecho, vive al margen de pecado, como la hoja de loto, aunque en el agua, es tocado por ella.
Todo aquel que ofrece Señor Shri Hari, pero una sola hoja del árbol sagrado Tulsi (occillium Basilcum sanctum) alcanza tanto mérito como alguien que da en caridad doscientos gramos de oro y ochocientos gramos de plata.
La Suprema Personalidad de Dios se complace más por uno que le ofrece una sola hoja de Tulsi que por aquel que le adora con perlas, rubíes, topacios, diamantes, lapislázuli, zafiros, piedras Gomeda (gomaz), piedras de ojo de gato, y el coral.
Uno que ofrece al Señor Kesava recién crecido brotes Manjari de la planta de Tulsi se deshace de todos los pecados que ha cometido durante este o cualquier otro curso de la vida.
En efecto, la mera darshana de Tulsi en Kamika Ekadasi remueve todos los pecados, y se limita a tocarla y orar con ella elimina todo tipo de enfermedad.
Uno que riega Tulsi devi necesita nunca temer al Señor de la muerte, Yamaraja.
Uno que planta o trasplantes de Tulsi en este día será finalmente residir con Lord Shri Krishna en Su propia morada.
Para Srimati Tulsi Devi, que la liberación de premios en el servicio devocional, uno debe por lo tanto reverencias al día la oferta de uno.
'Incluso Chitragupta, secretario de Yamaraja, no puede calcular el mérito obtenido por aquel que ofrece Srimati Tulsi-devi una lámpara de ghee perpetuamente ardiente.
Así que querido es este sagrado Ekadasi a la Suprema Personalidad de Dios que todos los antepasados de aquel que ofrece una lámpara de ghee brillante a Lord Shri Krishna en el día de hoy ascienden a los planetas celestiales y beber el néctar celestial allí.
Quien ofrezca una manteca o lámpara de aceite de sésamo a Shri Krishna en este día es liberado de todos sus pecados y entra en la morada de Surya, el dios-Sol, con un cuerpo tan brillante como diez millones de lámparas.
Este Ekadasi es tan poderoso que si alguien que no es capaz de ayunar se limita a seguir las prácticas que se mencionan en el presente documento, s / él es elevado a los planetas celestiales, junto con todos sus antepasados.
'Oh Yudhisthira Maharaj, Señor Shri Krishna llegó a la conclusión, "... estas fueron las palabras de Prajapati Brahma a su hijo Narad Muni relativas a las glorias incalculables de este Kamika Ekadasi, que remueve todos los pecados.
Este día sagrado anula incluso el pecado de matar a un brahmana o el pecado de matar a un niño por nacer en el vientre, y promueve una para el mundo espiritual haciendo una supremamente meritorio.
El que mata a los inocentes, es decir, un brahmán (brahmana), un niño en el vientre, una mujer piadosa y sin mancha, etc, y luego oye hablar de las glorias de Ekadasi Kamika será relevado de la reacción de los propios pecados.
Sin embargo, uno no debe pensar de antemano que uno puede matar a un brahmán o de otra gente inocente y luego quedar impune simplemente enterarse de este Ekadasi.
Dicha comisión sabiendo del pecado es una abominación.
Todo aquel que escucha estas glorias del Kamika Ekadasi con la fe se vuelve libre de todos los pecados y vuelve a casa, de vuelta a Dios - Vishnu-loka, Vaikuntha.
Así termina la narración de las glorias de la Shravana-krsna Ekadasi o Kamika Ekadasi del Brahma-Vaivarta Purana.
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