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Vasant Punjabi
Vice-President & Pushtikul Elite Member - May 2003
   
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Posted - 18 April 2005 : 08:26:07
Jai Shri Krishna,April 20th Wednesday is KAMADA Ekadashi Anyone what is its importance? Vasant
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anpur
Pushtikul Elite Member - July 2003
 
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Posted - 18 April 2005 : 09:12:59
Jai shri krishna,
On his ekadasi day Maharabhuji's badhayi starts.
Shri mahaprabhuji ni vadhayi no aarambh aa divas thi thay che.
Reeta Patel
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shreekant22
PRO - Pushtikul.com / P.E.M. January 2004
   
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Posted - 19 April 2005 : 12:16:11
Jai Shree Krishna
Yes Anpurji. Eagerly waiting for tomorrow, then one can do kirtans of Shree Mahaprabhujis Vadhai.
Regarding the importance of Kamada Ekadashi, awaiting Jigna bens inputs, which she gives so very well. However, if the same is not posted by today evening then I ll post the same.
Shree Vallabha dheesh ki jai
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jagdish
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Posted - 19 April 2005 : 14:43:01
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Jai Shri Krishna,
April 20th Wednesday is KAMADA Ekadashi
Anyone what is its importance?
Jai Shri Krishna,
Here is a brief story on Kamada Ekadasi, hope it helps.
Best Wishes
Jagdish
KAmadA EkAdasii
From Varaha Puran
Sri SUta GoswAmi said, "Oh sages, let me offer my humble and
respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Lord Hari, Bhagavan Sri
Krishna, the son of Devaki and Vasudeva, by whose mercy I can
describe the fast day that removes all kinds of sins. It was to the
devoted Yudhisthira that Lord Krishna glorified the twenty-four
primary EkAdasiis, which destroy sin, and now I shall recount one
of those narrations to you. Great-learned sages have selected these
twenty-four narrations from the eighteen PurANas, for they are
truly sublime.
Yudhishthira MahArAja said, 'Oh Lord Krishna, Oh VAsudeva, please
accept my humble obeisances. Please describe to me the EkAdasii
that occurs during the light part of the month of Chaitra
[March-April]. What is its name, and what are its glories?'
Lord Sri Krishna replied, 'Oh Yudhishthira, please listen to Me
attentively as I relate the ancient history of this sacred
EkAdasii, a history Vasishtha Muni once related to King Dilipa, the
great-grandfather of Lord RAmachandra.
King Dilipa asked the great sage Vasishtha, "Oh wise brAhmana, I
wish to hear about the EkAdasii that comes during the light part of
the month of Chaitra. Please describe it to me."
Vasishtha Muni replied, "Oh king, your inquiry is glories. Gladly
shall I tell you what you wish to know. The EkAdasii that occurs
during the light fortnight of Chaitra is named KAmadA EkAdasii. It
consumes all sins, as a forest fire consumes a supply of dry
firewood. It is very purifying, and it bestows the highest merit
upon one who faithfully observes it. Oh king, now hear an ancient
history which is so meritorious that it removes all one's sins
simply by being heard.
Once, long ago, there existed a city-state named Ratnapura, which
was decorated with gold and jewels and in which sharp-fanged snakes
would enjoy intoxication. King Pundarika was the ruler of this most
beautiful kingdom, which numbered many Gandharvas, Kinnaras, and
ApsarAs among its citizens.
Among the Gandharvas were Lalita and his wife LalitA, who was an
especially lovely dancer. These two were intensely attracted to
each other, and their home was full of great wealth and fine food.
LalitA loved her husband dearly, and likewise he constantly thought
of her within his heart.
Once, at the court of King Pundarika, many Gandharvas were dancing
and Lalita was singing alone, without his wife. He could not help
thinking about her as he sang, and because of this distraction he
lost track of the song's meter and melody. Indeed, Lalita sang the
ending of his song improperly, and one of the envious snakes who
was in attendance at the king's court complained to the king that
Lalita was absorbed in thinking of his wife instead of his
sovereign. the king became furious upon hearing this, and his eyes
turned crimson with rage. Suddenly he shouted, 'Oh foolish knave,
because you were lustfully thinking of a woman instead of
reverently thinking of your king as you performed your court
duties, I curse you to at once become a cannibal!
Oh king, Lalita immediately became a fearful cannibal, a great
man-eating demon whose appearance terrified everyone. His arms were
eight miles long, his mouth was as big as a huge cave, his eyes
were as awesome as the sun and moon, his nostrils resembled
enormous pits in the earth, his neck was a veritable mountain, his
hips were four miles wide, and his gigantic body stood a full
sixty-four miles high. Thus poor Lalita, the loving Gandharva
singer, had to suffer the reaction of his offense against King
Pundarika.
Seeing her husband suffering as a horrible cannibal, LalitA became
overwhelmed with grief. She thought, 'Now that my dear husband is
suffering the effects of the kings' curse, what is to be my lot?
What should I do? Where should I go?' In this way LalitA grieved
day and night. Instead of enjoying life as a Gandharvas wife, she
had to wander everywhere in the thick jungle with her monstrous
husband, who had fallen completely under the spell of the king's
curse and was wholly engaged in terrible sinful activities. He
wandered fitfully across forbidding region, a once-beautiful
Gandharva now reduced to the ghastly behaviour of a man-eater.
Utterly distraught to see her dear husband suffer so much in his
dreadful condition, LalitA began to cry as she followed his mad
journeying.
By good fortune, however, LalitA came upon the sage Shringi one
day. He was sitting on the peak of the famous VindhyAchala Hill.
Approaching him, she immediately offered the ascetic her respectful
obeisances. The sage noticed her bowing down before him and said,
'Oh most beautiful one, who are you? Whose daughter are you, and
why have you come here? Please tell me everything in truth.
LalitA replied, 'Oh great age, I am the daughter of the great
Gandharva ViradhanvA, and my name is LalitA. I roam the forests and
plains with my dear husband, whom King Pundarika has cursed to
become a man-eating demon. Oh brAhmana, I am greatly aggrieved to
see his ferocious form and terribly sinful activities. Oh master,
please tell me how I can perform some act of atonement on behalf of
my husband. What pious act can I perform to free him from this
demonic form, Oh best of brAhmanas?
'The sage replied, 'Oh heavenly maiden, there is an EkAdasii named
KAmadA that occurs in the light fortnight of the month of Chaitra.
It is coming up soon. Whoever fasts on this day has all his desires
fulfilled. If you observe this EkAdasii fast according to its rules
and regulations and give the merit you thus earn to your husband,
he will be freed from the curse at once.' LalitA was overjoyed to
hear these words from the sage.
Lalita faithfully observed the fast of KAmadA EkAdasii according to
the instructions of the sage Shringi, and on DvAdasi she appeared
before him and the Deity of Lord VAsudeva and said, 'I have
faithfully observed the fast of KAmadA EkAdasii. By the merit
earned through my observance of this fast, let my husband be free
from the curse that has turned him into a demoniac cannibal. May
the merit I have gained thus free him from misery.'
As soon as LalitA finished speaking, her husband, who stood nearby,
was at once freed from the king's curse. He immediately regained
his original form as the Gandharva Lalita, a handsome heavenly
singer adorned with many beautiful ornaments. Now, with his wife
LalitA, he could enjoy even more opulence than before. All this was
accomplished by the power and glory of KAmadA EkAdasii. At last the
Gandharva couple boarded a celestial airplane and ascended to
heaven.
Lord Sri Krishna continued, 'Oh Yudhishthira, best of kings, anyone
who hears this wonderful narration should certainly observe holy
KAmadA EkAdasii to the best of his ability, such great merit does
it bestow upon the faithful devotee. I have therefore described its
glories to you for the benefit of all humanity.
There is no better EkAdasii than KAmadA EkAdasii. It can eradicate
even the sin of killing a brAhmana, and it also nullifies demoniac
curses and cleanses the consciousness. In all the three worlds,
among movable and immovable living entities, there is no better
day'
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