History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.453

v6.c81.453

On the 10th the performer has a meal at midday (eka-bhakta), then he cleans his teeth (not with a twig) but with leaves or by rinsing the mouth twelve times with water. Then on the night of 10th he gives up his evening meal and begins to observe the restrictions indicated above (pp. 115-116). Then on the 11th after getting up he cleanses the body as well as the mind and makes a saṅkalpa in the morning as described above (pp 105-106) The saṅkalpa has to be made at night or in the noon if ekādaśī is viddhā Then he recites thrice the mantra of eight syllables (om namo *Nārāyaṇāya*) on the water in the copper vessel in his hands and drinks water therefrom. On the 11th he prepares a maṇḍapa of flowers, worships the Viṣṇu image therein and offers the several upacāras. He fasts that day. He recites hymns of praise to Viṣṇu and falls prostrate on the ground in salutation. He then keeps awake at night On the 12th he takes a bath in the morning, offers worship to Hari and dedicates his fast to the God, recites the mantra (A)jñānatimirāndhasya' &c cited above p. 105) and performs the pārāṇā. This is the general outline of *kāmya ekādaśīvrata*. In the case of the obligatory fast, the performer should abstain from food the whole day and also keep the several restrictions to be observed on ekādaśī (as described above such as not drinking water more than once, not sleeping by day &c) The rules for the followers of Caitanya about ekādaśī as summarised from the Haribhaktivilāsa by Prof S. K De in 'Vaisnava faith and Movement' on pp 371-375 do not differ much from those stated above.