Brahma Vaivarta Purana Chapter 26:51-61

Brahma Vaivarta Purana

Ekädaçi-vrata-nirüpaëa

Description of the Ekädaçi Vow

Chapter 26: Verse 51-61

ENGLISH TRANSLATION 51.If one does not worship these six Deities, then any regular and occasional duties he performs will not bear any fruit. 52.Thus I have described the various parts of the vow. O great sage, now please hear the description of this vow given in the Kaëva-çäkhä. 53.Following the meditation described in the Säma Veda, one should meditate on Lord Kåñëa. Then one should place a flower to his head, and then again meditate on Lord Kåñëa. 54.Please hear this confidential meditation, which all the devotees yearn to hear, which the devotees think more dear than life, and which should not be revealed to the non-devotees. 55.-61.I worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, His handsome form dark like a new monsoon cloud, His face eclipsing the glory of the autumn moon, greater than all, His eyes eclipsing the splendor of lotus flowers blooming in autumn sunshine, the gracefulness of His limbs an ornament decorating the jewel ornaments He wears, His form gazed upon by the gopis with happy, crooked, sidelong glances, His Self seeming to be made only of the gopis' lives, standing in the middle of the räsa-dance circle, eager to enjoy the räsa dance, now become a cakora bird eager to drink the nectar of Rädhä's autumn-moon face, His chest splendid with a regal Kaustubha jewel, splendid with garlands of pärijäta flowers, His crown splendid with six kinds of jewels, holding a pastime flute in His hand, worshiped by the demigods and demons, not to be found by following the meditations of the yogis, not easily worshiped, the Lord to whom Brahmä and the demigods bow down, the first cause of all causes.