Indira Ekadashi fasting story
Indira Ekadashi fasting story
Dharmaraj Yudhishthira started saying that Oh God! What is the name of Ashwin Krishna Ekadashi? What is its method and result? So please tell me. Lord Krishna started saying that the name of this Ekadashi is Indira Ekadashi. This Ekadashi is supposed to destroy sins and liberate ancestors from degradation. Hey Rajan! Listen carefully to its story. The fruit of Vaipaya Yagya is attained only by listening to it.
In ancient times, in the time of Satyuga, in a city named Mahishmati, a majestic king named Indrasen used to rule by following his subjects righteously. He was endowed with son, grandson and wealth etc. and was a great devotee of Vishnu. One day when the king was sitting happily in his meeting, Maharishi Narada came down from the sky and came to his meeting. On seeing them, the king stood up with folded hands and methodically offered asana and arghya.
Sitting happily, the sage asked the king, O king! Are your seven limbs in good working order? Does your intellect remain in religion and your mind in devotion to Vishnu? Hearing such things of Devarshi Narada, the king said - O Maharishi! By your grace, everyone is doing well in my kingdom and yagya rituals are being performed here. Please tell the reason for your arrival. Then the sage started saying that O king! You hear my words of wonder.
Once I went from Brahmaloka to Yamaloka, where I worshiped Yamraj with devotion and praised the righteous and truthful Dharmaraja. In the same Yamraj's meeting, a great scholar and godly saw your father because of breaking the fast of Ekadashi. He gave the message so I tell you. He said that I am living near Yamraj due to some disturbance in my previous birth, so oh son, if you fast on Ashwin Krishna Indira Ekadashi for my sake, then I can attain heaven.
Hearing this, the king started saying that O Maharishi, you tell me the method of this fast. Naradji started saying - On the tenth day of Krishna Paksha of Ashwin month, after retiring from the bath with reverence in the morning, again in the afternoon go to the river etc. and take a bath. Then do Shradh of ancestors with reverence and take food once. In the early morning, on the day of Ekadashi, take a bath with datoons etc., then following the rules of the fast with devotion, take a vow that 'I will fast on Ekadashi without giving up all indulgences today.
O Achyuta! O Pundarikaksha! I am your refuge, you protect me, in this way, after performing ritualistic Shradh in front of the idol of Shaligram, offer fruit food and dakshina to the deserving brahmins. Sniff what is left of the ancestors' Shradh and give it to the cow and worship Lord Rishikesh with all the things like incense, lamp, smell, flowers, naivedya etc.
Do Jagran near God at night. After this, on the day of Dwadashi, after worshiping the Lord in the morning, feed the Brahmins. Along with your brothers and sisters, wife and son, you should also eat in silence. Naradji started saying that O Rajan! With this method, if you fast on this Ekadashi without being laziness, then your father will surely go to heaven. Saying this Naradji became indifferent.
According to Naradji, when the king fasted with his slaves and slaves, flowers rained from the sky and the king's father climbed Garuda and went to Vishnuloka. King Indrasen also went to heaven after sitting on the throne with his son on the throne after ruling without Ekadashi fasting.
Oh Yudhishthira! I told you the significance of fasting on Indira Ekadashi. By reading and listening to it, human beings are freed from all sins and after enjoying all kinds of pleasures, one attains Baikuntha. it's shubham
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