Once Yudhishthira Maharaj asked Lord Shri Krishna that O Lord please tell me about the greatness of Ekadashi of Shukla Paksha of Vaishakh month.
Then Lord Shri Krishna said that once Lord Shri Ram asked Vashisht Muni about such a fast which destroys all sins.
Then Vashisht Muni said that although a man becomes pure and pure by remembering your name, yet this question is good in public interest.
The Ekadashi that falls in the Shukla Paksha of Vaishakh month is named Mohini Ekadashi. Its story is as follows, there was a beautiful city named Bhadravati on the delightful banks of Saraswati river.
A king named Dhritiman, who was born in the lunar dynasty and was truthful, ruled there. In the same city lived a Vaishya, who was full of wealth and prosperous.
His name was Dhanpal. He was always engaged in virtuous deeds. He used to build wells, monasteries, gardens, ponds and houses for others.
He had heartfelt affection in the devotion of Lord Vishnu. He had five sons, Shumana, Dhritiman, Medhavi, Shukrit and Dhrishta Buddhi. Dhrishtabuddhi was the fifth son, he was always involved in big sins. He had a great attachment to gambling etc. addictions.
He longed to meet courtesans, and wasted his father's wealth by following the path of injustice. One day his father got fed up and threw him out of the house, and he started wandering door to door.
Wandering like this, distraught with hunger and thirst, he reached Maharishi Kaundanya's hermitage. Suffering from grief, he went to Maharishi Kaundanya and said with folded hands, O Brahmin, please tell me such a fast, whose virtuous effect can liberate me.
The sage said that you fast on Mohini Ekadashi which falls in Vaishakh Shukla Paksha, by doing this even great sins like Mount Meru, committed by many births of the living beings, are destroyed.
Then according to the advice of Rishi Kaundanya, he observed the fast of Mohini Ekadashi, by observing this fast, he became sinless, and wearing a divine body, mounted on Garuda, he went to Shri Vishnu Dham.
In this way, this fast of Mohini Ekadashi is very good, by reading and listening to it one gets the fruit of Sahastra Gaudan. This date is the best to defeat all sins.
On the day of Ekadashi one should listen and chant the holy names of the Lord more and more. On this day at least sixteen or twenty five rounds of Hare Krishna Mahamantra should be chanted.
On the day of Ekadashi one should read texts like Shrimad Bhagavadgita and Shrimad Bhagwatam
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