Brahma Vaivarta Purana Chapter 26:41-50

Brahma Vaivarta Purana

Ekädaçi-vrata-nirüpaëa

Description of the Ekädaçi Vow

Chapter 26: Verse 41-50

ENGLISH TRANSLATION 41.On the previous day one should eat haviñya and not drink water. At night he should sleep alone on a kuça mat. Note: Haviñya is boiled rice mixed with ghee and prepared without spices or anything else. 42.Then he should rise at brahma-muhürta, bathe, and perform his morning duties. 43.Then he should solemnly vow to follow this fast for the satisfaction of Lord Kåñëa. Then he should perform sandhyä- tarpaëa. Then he should perform his regular daily duties. 44.During the day he should perform his regular worship and he should collect the sixteen articles to be used in following the vow. 45.These articles are: 1. a sitting place, 2. a cloth, 3. padya, 4. arghya, 5. a flower, 6. sandal paste, 7. incense, 8. a lamp, 9. offerings of food, 10. a sacred thread, 11. ornaments, . . . 46.. . . 12. perfume, 13. water for bathing, 14. betelnuts, 15. madhuparka, and 16. more water. One should collect these items during the day. Then at night one may use them to follow the vow. 47.One should bathe, dress in clean garments, sit down at the sitting place, perform äcamana, remember Lord Kåñëa, and pronounce the word svasti". 48.At an auspicious moment he should meditate and consecrate the auspicious jar anointed with sandal paste and placed with fruits and branches as the sages have happily described in the Vedas. 49.Then one should invoke the six Deities, meditate on each one individually, a worship them with five excellent articles. 50.In this way one should worship Gaëeça, Sürya, Agni, Viñëu, Çiva, and Pärvati, bow down before them, and, meditating on Lord Kåñëa, observe the vow.