The Discourse of Rukmāṅgada (Prabodhinī Ekādaśī, Kārtika-vrata, and Satya-dharma)

It is presented as the day that ‘awakens Hari’ from divine sleep, destroys grave sins (including deliberate transgressions), and opens the liberating path through worship of Viṣṇu (Cakrin/Hṛṣīkeśa/Adhokṣaja) with fasting and disciplined offerings.

Observe a full fast on Ekādaśī; adopt early rising, one-meal and haviṣya discipline in Kārtika; do not let Dvādaśī pass while still fasting (pāraṇa timing); and recognize exemptions/modified observance for infants, the weak/emaciated, the sick, pregnant women, and those engaged in protection and warfare.

It acknowledges kingship’s classical triad—charity, protection, and warfare—yet insists the king’s legitimacy rests on vow-integrity and truthfulness. The public proclamation and threat of punishment show that the ruler’s personal vrata becomes civic dharma, safeguarding collective religious order.

Truth is depicted as the metaphysical support of cosmic regularity and social stability—governing the sun, moon, elements, earth, oceans, and moral order—making falsehood spiritually contaminating and vow-breaking intolerable for a king devoted to dharma.