Wed, Feb 1:Navami, Sri Madhvacarya -- Disappearance, Sunrise, Sunrise 8:22 (LT), Sunset 17:29 (LT)
Thu, Feb 2:Dasami, Sri Ramanujacarya -- Disappearance, Sunrise, Sunrise 8:21 (LT), Sunset 17:30 (LT)
Fri, Feb 3:Ekadasi (suitable for fasting), Fasting for Bhaimi Ekadasi, (Fast today for Varahadeva), , (Fast today for Varahadeva), Sunrise 8:19 (LT), Sunset 17:32 (LT)
Sat, Feb 4:Dvadasi, Break fast 08:17 - 11:23 (LT), Varaha D, Varaha Dvadasi: Appearance of Lord Varahadeva, (Fasting is done yesterday), Sunrise 8:, (Fasting is done yesterday), Sunrise 8:17 (LT), Sunset 17:34 (LT)
Sun, Feb 5:Trayodasi, Nityananda Trayodasi: Appearance of Sri Nityananda Prabhu, (Fast toda, (Fast today), Sunrise 8:16 (LT), Sunset 17:36 (LT)
Because Krishna's form, qualities, pastimes, etc are all on the absolute platform, material senses cannot therefore appreciate them.
(Bhakti-rasamrita-sindhu 1.2.234)
Rämeshvara: On the calendar it says it is Bhima-ekadasi.
Prabhupäda: Bhima-ekadasi, yes.
Rämeshvara: So I’ve been told that if one fasts on Bhima-ekadasi, that it is like fasting on all the ekadasis. Is that true?
Prabhupäda: Yes. Ekadasi is meant for fasting, either Bhima or Arjuna. But we cannot fast, therefore we have to take little fruits and…. Otherwise, ekadasi means fasting.
Tamäla Krsna: If it is possible, should we go without eating at all?
Prabhupäda: Yes. But don’t lie down and sleep…………………………………….
Fasting:
“One who is physically unable to fast on Ekadasi may read the glories of each Ekadasi when it occurs and recite all the names of the Ekadasis; thus he will achieve the same goal as the person who observes the full Ekadasi vow.”
Whether one is a Vaisnava or a Saivite, everyone should fast on Ekadasi day.
EKA BHUKTENA NAKTENA BALA VRDDHA ATURAH KSIPET
PAYO MULA PHALAIR VAPI NA NIRDVAD ASIKO BHAVET
(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 12/91 from MARKANDEYA PURANA)
A child, an old man or a person unable to fast can take something to eat in the evening or once in the day, whether it be milk, fruit or water, but should properly follow the Ekadasi fast. One should not give up fasting on Ekadasi.
VYADHIBHIK PARIBHUTANAM PITTA ADHIKA SARIRINAM
TRINSAD VARSADHIKANAN CA NAKTA-ADI PRIKALPANAM
(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 12/93 from BAUDHAYANA SMRTI)
Any person who is diseased, or who is dominated by bile or who has aged more than thirty years (after householder life), they are advised to eat in the evening on the Ekadasi day.
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Balarama prabhu
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A pure devotee always thinks himself as not-devotee. If one thinks he is big devotee, that is not good -- thinking that he is first degree. We should not be puffed up. A devotee avoids it -- remaining always in the second degree. Krishna has given everyone something extraordinary, and to serve Krishna with one’s extraordinary talent means successful life.
His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
sri krsna dasa varyo'yam sri govardhana bhudharah
sukla pratipadi pratah kartike'rcyu 'tra vaisnavaih
On the first day of the light part of the month of karttika, a vaisnava should certainly worship the topmost servant of lord sri krsna, sri govardhana hill, early in the morning as it is found in the srimad bhagavatam, 10th canto, 21 chapter, verse 18.
(Hari bhakti vilasa 16/232 from skanda purana)
One, who worships the Supreme Lord and His holy name with undivided faith, knowing them to be identical, is considered an elevated, first class devotee, even if he does not understand the intricacies of his own spiritual identity.
(Srila Jagadananda Pandita - Prema Vivarta, Chapter 12)
Srila sanatana gosvami writes in his digdarsini-tika, "in this verse it is found that it is possible to attain the results of directly offering a lamp on ekadasi. This history of the mouse is very famous in the padma purana, kartika mahatmya. (in a temple of lord visnu, there was a mouse living who was eating the ghee from the extinguished ghee lamps which had been offered by others to him. one day when she felt hungry to eat ghee, she tried to eat the ghee from a lamp which was not yet extinguished. while eating ghee from the lamp, the cotton wick got stuck in her teeth. since the ghee wick had a flame, the mouse started jumping in front of the lord's deity form and thus died due to fire. but lord sri visnu accepted the jumping of that mouse with a lit ghee wick in her mouth as his aratik. in the end he gave her liberation, the topmost destination.)
mathurayam narair urje snatva damodaro'rcitah
krsna rupa hi te jneya na atra karya vicarana
Any person who worships lord damodara in the month of karttika in the mathura area, certainly achieves the same form as lord sri krsna himself.
srila sanatana gosvami comments on this in his digdarsini-tika, "human beings achieving the same form as krsna means that they see lord sri krsna. in other words, they become as worshipable as lord sri krsna. This is the understanding here."
(Hari bhakti vilasa 16/155 from padma purana)
A fully responsible man should always be conscious of the prime duty of the present human form of life. The activities to meet the immediate necessities of material life are not everything. One should always be alert in his duty for attainment of the best situation in the next life. Human life is meant for preparing ourselves for that prime duty.
