Brahma Vaivarta Purana Chapter 26:21-30

Brahma Vaivarta Purana

Ekädaçi-vrata-nirüpaëa

Description of the Ekädaçi Vow

Chapter 26: Verse 21-30

ENGLISH TRANSLATION 21.. . . as Rambhä is the best of beautiful girls, and as Mäyä is the best of magicians, so ekädaçi is the best of holy vows. 22.Ekädaçi should always be observed by all four varëas. Vaiñëavas, sannyäsis, and brähmaëas especially should observe the vow of ekädaçi. 23.All sins, beginning with the sin of killing a brähmaëa, take shelter of grains during ekädaçi day. 24.Only a fool eats grains on ekädaçi. He eats all sins. At the end he goes to hell. 25.After eleven yugas in a terrible hell, he becomes an outcaste. 26.For seven births he suffers from terrible diseases. After that he is freed from the sinful reaction. Lord Brahmä gives this description. 27.O brähmaëa, I have thus described to you the sin of eating on ekädaçi and the sin of not properly observing dvädaçi. 28.Now please hear about the sin of not properly observing the daçami. Now I will describe it to you. This description is the essence of the Vedas. I heard it from the mouth of Dharma Muni. 29.If a fool knowingly transgresses even a sixteenth part of the vow of daçami, Goddess Lakñmi pronounces a terrible curse on him and quickly leaves his home. 30.His family is ruined. His good reputation is ruined. O brähmaëa, for a hundred manvantaras he lives in hell.