Brahma Vaivarta Purana Chapter 26:31-40

Brahma Vaivarta Purana

Ekädaçi-vrata-nirüpaëa

Description of the Ekädaçi Vow

Chapter 26: Verse 31-40

ENGLISH TRANSLATION 31.If the daçami, ekädaçi, and dvädaçi occur in the boundaries of a single lunar day, then one should eat on that day and fast on the next. 32.If one thus fasts on dvädaçi and breaks his fast on trayodaçi, he does no wrong by not properly observing dvädaçi. 33.If ekädaçi is fully manifested on one day and only a slight portion of it remains on the sunrise of the next day, one should fast on both days, for in this circumstance ekädaçi has grown into two days. 34.If ekädaçi is manifested during the last six daëòas of the first day, and on the sunrise of the next day there is a conjunction of three tithis, the pious should fast on the first day. Sannyäsis and those like them, however, should not. 35.In this way one should fast on the second day, and then after that resume his regular duties. On the second day a wise man will observe the all-night vigil and all the other parts of the ekädaçi vow. 36.On the first day a householder should fast and then, when the ekädaçi is over, he should break his fast. 37.Vaiñëavas, sannyäsis, brahmacäris, widows, and beggars should all fast on ekädaçi. 38.Non-vaiñëava householders may fast on only the çukla- ekädaçis. For them there is no fault in failing to observe the kåñëa-ekädaçis. O Närada, this is the verdict of the Vedas. 39.Non-vaiñëava householders, however, must fast on the kåñëa- ekädaçis beginning with Çayanä Ekädaçi and ending with Utthänä Ekädaçi. They need not observe the other kåñëa-ekädaçis. 40.O brähmaëa, what I have told you is the verdict of the Vedas. Please listen, and I will tell you how to observe this vow.