Shri Ekadashi

At the beginning of the material worlds creation the Supreme Lord Hari created the moving and non-moving living entities within this world made of five gross material elements, simultaneously for punishing the sinful persons Lord created a personality whose form was the embodiment of sins the Sanskrit word is Papapurusha. The different limbs of this personality were constructed of various sinful activities, his complexion is black and the colour of his eyes is yellow. He inflicts extreme misery upon sinful person.
The Supreme Lord Hari who is the giver of happiness and distresses glorified with nice prayers then had Him sit upon the golden thrown. The Supreme Lord heard the loud crying sound from the southern side He asked Yamraj to know the fact. Yamraj replied,”O Lord! The different living entities of the planetary system have fallen into the hellish region. They are suffering extremely for their misdeeds. The horrible crying sound is because of suffering from the inflictions of their past bad karma(action).”
After hearing the reason of the loud crying sound from Yamraj Lord went to the hellish region of the south where the inhabitants were crying loudly, after seeing the Lord they began to cry even louder. The Supreme Lord’s heart became filled with compassion. Lord thought,”I have created all this progeny, and it is because of Me they are suffering.”After as Lord is always very merciful He suddenly manifested from His Own form the personality of the lunar day Shri Ekadashi.After that the different sinful living entities began to follow the vow of Ekadashi and were then elevated quickly to the abode of Lord Hari.So the lunar day of Ekadashi is the selfsame form of the Lord. The vow of Ekadashi is the utmost pious activity and is situated as the head among all vows.
Following the vow of Ekadashi, that personality who is the form all kinds of sinful activities gradually saw the influence of the Ekadadhi had so the Papapurush approached the Supreme Lord with doubts in his heart, he said,” I am Your created progeny and it is through me You wanted distress given to the living entities those who are very sinful. But now by the influence of the Ekadashi vow, I have become all but destroyed. Out of fear of Ekadashi I have tried to take shelter in every possible places but I cannot find a place where I can be free from the fear of Shri Ekadashi. Oh my Master! I am a product of Your creation, You are very merciful so kindly direct a place for me where I can reside feerlesly.”The Supreme Lord after observing the condition of Papapurush He laughed and told, “don’t lament any longer and listen, on the day of Ekadashi which is benefactor of the three worlds, you can take shelter of foodstuff in the form of grains. There is no reason to worry about this anymore, because My form of Ekadashi will no longer impede you.”
Therefore those persons who are seriously try for the ultimate benefit for the soul will never eat grains on the day of Ekadashi. According to the instructions of the Supreme Lord, every kind of sinful activity can be found in this material world takes shelter in this place od foodstuff(grains).
The Deity of Shri Ekadashi.
In the Satya Yuga once there lived a very fearsome demon called Mura,he terrified all the demigods, even he defeated the king of heaven Indra and by his terrible power he brought all of them under his control.All the demigods approached the Supreme Lord. When Lord came to know about the demon Mura Lord became very angry and immediately ordered all of them to attack Mura’s capital city Chandravati,all together and the Supreme Lord was leading them.Then there was a very big fight, the Supreme Lord faught with the demon for one thousand celestial years, for some rest Lord entered a beautiful cave named Himavati in Badrikashram. The demon was following the Lord so he also reached there. Seeing the Lord is sleeping he thought himself of killing Him.By the time Mura was planning, from the body of the Lord there manifested a beautiful young girl, who had a very bright complexion and equipped with various weapons. Being challenged by the goddess Mura preapared himself for fighting. Suddenly that effulgent goddess shattered Mura’s all the weapons and deprived him off his chariot also cut down his head brilliantly.
When the Supreme Lord wake up He saw the dead Mura and He also saw the beautiful goddess offering obeiscence to Lord,being pleased by the goddess Lord asked her for boon. The goddess prayed Him then told,” please give me the power to deliver those persons who will follow the vow of the Ekadashi day will be blessed by You and will get the religious attitude,wealth and liberation. “Lord was so pleased that He granted everything to the goddess and said,”you are My transcendental potency, have appeared on the eleventh day of the wanning moon so your name will be Shri Ekadashi. The person who will follow the vow of Ekadashi, Ishall burn up all his sins and bestow upon him My blessings and My transcendental abode.
(from Srila Vyasdev answering to the questions of Sage Jaimini).

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Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is Lord Krishna Himself appeared in a form,richly endowed with Shrimati Radharani’s love and emotions.
Lord Krishna personally descends in this material world for two reasons-He wants to taste the sweet essence of His transcendental mellowes and He wants to propagate within the world of devotional services on the platform of spontaneous love.After Lord Krishna disappeared from this world He thought,”For a long time I have not bestowed unalloyed loving service upon the inhabitants of this universe,and without such spontaneous attachment the existence of the entire material creation is useless.Everywhere people worship according to the shastric injunctions,but simply by following the regulative principles one cannot gain the sentiments possessed by the devotees of the Vrindavan. Therefore I shall personally inaugurate the religion of this age-Nama Sankirtan , the congregational chanting of My holy name. By accepting the role of a devotee I shall make the world dance in ecstasy and thus realize the four mellows of loving services. In this way I shall teach the world devotional services by personally practicing it.”
Beside secondary reason for Lord Krishna to appear once more He was not able to fulfil His three desires. He thought,”Although Iam the Absolute Truth and the reservoir of all rasas I can not understand the strength of Shrimati Radharani’s love for Me, with which She overwhelms Me.Whatever pleasure I get from tasting My love for Shrimati Radharani,She relishes ten million times more by Her love.Although there is nothing greater and nothing purer than Shrimati Radharani’s love, Shrimati Radharani is the highest abode of love and I am its only object.Therefore My mind becomes mad to taste the pleasure that is experienced by the abode of love Shrimati Radharani. If I can become the abode of that love then only I shall be able experience its joy.
Whenever Lord Krishna see His own beauty He think’s”My sweetness is unlimitedly wonderful,only Shrimati Radharani can taste the complete nectar of My sweetness by the strength of Her love.”So Lord Krishna wanted to experience this unlimited love of Shrimati Radharani,this was His first desire.
“Devotees taste My sweetness according to their respective love. I also feel tempted to taste this, I find that the only way I can relish My sweetness is to take the position of Shrimati Radharani”.This was His second desire.
His third desire was, He says “Everyone knows that I am the reservoir of all transcendental bliss, and indeed the whole world derives pleasure from Me.Who then can give Me pleasure?

Only Shrimati Radharani and His pure devotees can give Him pleasure by their wonderful love and services.Lord further says,”I am always very eager to taste the joy of Shrimati Radharani derives from Me and inspite of endeavouring I am unable to do so. Therefore, I can fulfil My three desires I shall assume Shrimati Radharani’s bodily complexion and ecstasic loving sentiments then descend as an Incarnation”.
Desiring to understand the glory of Shrimati Radharani’s love and the happiness that She feels upon realizing the sweetness of His love , Lord Krishna decided to appear in a form that was richly endowed with Shrimati Radharani’s love and emotions.

Question and Answer - True Love

What is love?
Love is Lord Krishna’s transcendental mellows.He is the reservoir of all rasas(mellows), to understand love we have to know Lord Krishna the Absolute Truth.
How is it done?
To know the process of love how it is done our heart should be pure , this is the basic need, then we should practice to know Lord Krishna and Shrimati Radharani. Gradually by the mercy of their Lordship we may get the intelligence of understanding how divine is love ,then we will get the answer how it is done .
Lord Krishna explains His feelings about love for Shrimati Radharani. Although He is the most attractive, He has sixtyfour oppulances inspite of that He says,”the sight of Shrimati Radharani gives pleasure to My eyes,My ears become enchanted by the sweet words spoken by Her, scent of Her body captivates My mind and heart, I become charmed by the nectarian taste of Her lips, I feel refreshed by the touch of Shrimati Radharani,Her beauty and attributes are My life and soul.”
About Shrimati Radharani’s love Lord says,”when She gazes at Me She feels greater satisfaction.The whispering murmur of bamboo trees that rub against one another steals away Her mind, for She think’s that is the sound of My flute. She embresses Tamal tree mistaking it for Me, when the fragrance of My body carried to Her by the wind She becomes blinded by love and tries to fly into that breeze, when She tastes the betel nuts that has been chewed by Me She merges into an ocean of joy and forgets everything else.”
With whom it is to be done?
Scripture says everything comes from Lord Krishna. In Shrimad Bhagbat Gita Lord Krishna Himself explained this fact very clearly. Lord has explained that every living entity is His part,love the transcendental mellow comes from Him. He has also explained that this material world is temporary, everything here is temporary so He taught us to love Him.So love only Lord Krishna the reservoire of love. Know Him, worship Him,chant His holy name,and enjoy His real ocean of love. {Shri Chaitanya Charitamrita, Balya Lila}
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare hare
Hare Ram Hare Ram Ram Ram Hare Hare .