Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 9
Ekādaśī Vrata-Vidhi and the Galava–Bhadrashīla Itihāsa
Dharmakīrti before Yama
यानि कानि च पापानि ब्रह्महत्यादिकानि च । अन्नमाश्रित्य तिष्ठन्ति तानि च मुनीश्वर । एकादश्यां निराहारो यदि मुक्तिमभीप्सति ॥ ९ ॥
yāni kāni ca pāpāni brahmahatyādikāni ca | annamāśritya tiṣṭhanti tāni ca munīśvara | ekādaśyāṃ nirāhāro yadi muktimabhīpsati || 9 ||
Cualesquiera que sean los pecados—hasta los graves como la brahmahatyā—habitan refugiándose en el alimento. Por ello, oh señor entre los sabios, si se busca la liberación, debe permanecer sin comer en Ekādaśī.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: Ekādaśī-vrata
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It teaches that many sins are sustained through attachment to food and indulgence; observing nirāhāra (fasting) on Ekādaśī is presented as a direct discipline for purification and a support for mokṣa-oriented life.
Ekādaśī is traditionally dedicated to Bhagavān (especially Viṣṇu); fasting becomes an act of self-offering and sense-restraint that strengthens remembrance and devotion, aligning bodily practice with bhakti and liberation.
Practical kalpa/ācāra (ritual discipline) is implied: timing one’s vrata by the tithi (Ekādaśī) and performing nirāhāra as a regulated observance—an applied dharma practice rather than grammar or astrology.