00:00Today we have come with the Aja Ekadashi Vrat Katha of Krishna Paksha of Bhadrapad Maas.
00:07So let's start with the Aja Ekadashi Vrat Katha.
00:11Yudhishthira said,
00:13O Pundrikaksh, I have heard the detailed description of the Ekadashi of Shukla Paksha of Shravan Maas i.e. Putrada Ekadashi.
00:22Now kindly tell me about the Ekadashi of Krishna Paksha of Bhadrapad Maas.
00:29What is the name of this Ekadashi and what is its method and importance?
00:34What results do we get by doing its Vrat?
00:38Lord Krishna said,
00:40The name of this Ekadashi, which destroys all kinds of sins, is Aja Ekadashi.
00:46By doing its Vrat, man becomes free from all sins.
00:51The person who worships Lord Rishikesh on this day definitely attains Vaikuntha.
00:58Now I will tell you its story.
01:00So listen carefully.
01:02In ancient times, in the dynasty of Lord Ram, there was a king named King Harishchandra in Ayodhya.
01:11King Harishchandra was famous for his honesty and truthfulness.
01:17Once the gods made a plan to test him.
01:21The king saw in a dream that he has given all his kingdom to Rishi Vishwamitra.
01:28In the morning, Vishwamitra actually came to his door and said,
01:32You have given me your kingdom in a dream.
01:35The king followed the true Vrat and handed over the entire kingdom to Vishwamitra.
01:41To repay the donation, King Harishchandra had to sell himself, his wife and son due to his previous birth.
01:51Harishchandra was bought by a dhoma, who used to get people's funeral rites done in the cemetery.
01:59He himself became a servant of Vaheg Chandal.
02:02He did the work of taking the coffin from that Chandal.
02:06But he did not leave the truth in the work of this opposition.
02:10When he spent many years like this, he was very saddened by his bad deeds.
02:16And he started looking for a way to get rid of it.
02:19He was always in this worry that what should I do?
02:23How can I get rid of this bad deed?
02:26Once upon a time, he was sitting in this worry that Gautam Rishi came to him.
02:32Harishchandra bowed to him and started telling his sad story.
02:37Hearing the sad story of King Harishchandra, King Gautam was also very sad.
02:43And he said to the King, O King! The name of the Krishna Paksha Ekadashi of Bhado Maha is Aja.
02:50You should do the Vrat of that Ekadashi as per the Vedas and wake up at night.
02:55This will destroy all your sins.
02:58Saying this, King Gautam became elated.
03:02Upon the arrival of the Ekadashi named Aja, King Harishchandra,
03:06as per Maharishi's words, fasted and woke up at night as per the Vedas.
03:11Due to the effect of this Vrat, all the sins of the King were destroyed.
03:16At that time, there were thunders in heaven.
03:19And it started raining flowers.
03:21He found Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh and Devendra in front of him.
03:28He saw his dead son alive and his wife full of royal clothes and ornaments.
03:35Due to the effect of the Vrat, the King regained his kingdom.
03:40In reality, a sage had written all this to test the King.
03:45But due to the effect of the Vrat of Aja Ekadashi, all the illusion created by the sage ended.
03:52And in the end, Harishchandra went to heaven along with his family.
03:57O King, all this was due to the effect of the Vrat of Aja Ekadashi.
04:01All the sins of the people who fast regularly and wake up at night are destroyed.
04:09And in the end, they reach heaven.
04:12Only by listening to the story of this Ekadashi Vrat,
04:16the fruits of the Ashwamedha Yajna are obtained.
04:19In this way, the story of the Vrat of Aja Ekadashi came to an end.
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