Fasting on an Incorrect Date

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The Brahma Vaivarta Purana states, "Just as a pot of

Ganges water is rejected if a drop of wine falls in

it, similarly an Ekadasi date should be rejected if it

is tinged with Dasami." It is stated in the Skanda

Purana, "Anyone who indicates or suggests to follow

the Ekadasi on an incorrect date is certainly

bewildered by the illusion created by Sukracharya."

This is confirmed by Lord Siva, speaking to Parvati in

the Skanda Purana thus, "O Devi, Whoever fasts on an

incorrect date for Ekadasi (Ekadasi mixed with

Dasami), he or she is asking to go to hell."

 

When the Lord in His Varaha form was fighting with the

Demon Hiranyaksa and found the demon undefeatable, the

Lord told Brahma the following as stated in the Padma

Purana, "O Brahma, being influenced by illusion

created by Sukracharya, the Brahmanas have fasted on

an incorrect date for Ekadasi. That is why the demon

has become more powerful." He further said, "Anyone

who fasts on an incorrect date for Ekadasi increases

demoniac influences. As long as one fasts on a wrong

date of Ekadasi he undoubtedly gives his spiritual

potency to demons and obtains their negative potency

in return." When, by the advice of Lord Brahma, all

the sages and Brahmanas observed proper Ekadasi days,

then only the demon Hiranyaksa was killed. The readers

are advised to study our book, "The Vaisnava Kantha

Hara" in which we have vividly described how to decide

which is the correct fasting day.

 

 

 

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I just cut and pasted it from somewhere.

YS,

Bh. Shrirang

 

--- "Nayana-ranjana (das) (BBT Bombay - IN)"

<Nayana-ranjana (AT) pamho (DOT) net> wrote:

> > The readers

> > are advised to study our book, "The Vaisnava

> Kantha

> > Hara" in which we have vividly described how to

> decide

> > which is the correct fasting day.

>

> Which is this book Vaisnava Kantha Hara and where is

> it available and who

> has written it?

>

> Your servant,

> Nayana-ranjana das

>

 

 

 

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