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The Lord's Paugaṇḍa-līlā
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SYNONYMS
eka dīna —one day;  mātāra —of the mother;  pade —on the feet;  kariyā —doing;  praṇāma —obeisances;  prabhu —the Lord;  kahe —said;  mātā —My dear mother;  more —unto Me;  deha —give;  eka —one;  dāna —gift.
TRANSLATION
One day Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu fell down at the feet of His mother and requested her to give Him one thing in charity.
TEXT 9
माता बले,— তাই দিব, যা তুমি মাগিবে । প্রভু কহে,— একাদশীতে অন্ন না খাইবে ॥ ৯ ॥
mātā bale ,—  tāi diba ,  yā tumi māgibe   prabhu kahe ,—  ekādaśīte anna nā khāibe
SYNONYMS
mātā bale —His mother said;  tāi diba —I shall give that;  yā —whatever;  tumi —You;  māgibe —should ask me;  prabhu kahe —the Lord said;  ekādaśīte —on the Ekādaśī day;  anna —grains;  nā —don't;  khāibe —eat.
TRANSLATION
His mother replied, "My dear son, I will give You whatever You ask." Then the Lord said, "My dear mother, please do not eat grains on the Ekādaśī day."
PURPORT
From the very beginning of His childhood life Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu introduced the system of observing a fast on the Ekādaśī day. In the  Bhakti-sandarbha  by Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī there is a quotation from the  Skanda Purāṇa  admonishing that a person who eats grains on Ekādaśī becomes a murderer of his mother, father, brother and spiritual master, and even if he is elevated to a Vaikuṇṭha planet, he falls down. On Ekādaśī, everything is cooked for Viṣṇu, including regular grains and  dahl , but it is enjoined that a Vaiṣṇava should not even take  viṣṇu-prasāda  on Ekādaśī. It is said that a Vaiṣṇava does not accept anything eatable that is not offered to Lord Viṣṇu, but on Ekādaśī a Vaiṣṇava should not touch even  mahā-prasāda  offered to Viṣṇu, although such  prasāda  may be kept for being eaten the next day. It is strictly forbidden for one to accept any kind of grain on Ekādaśī, even if it is offered to Lord Viṣṇu.
TEXT 10
শচী কহে,— না খাইব, তালই কহিলা । সেই হৈতে একাদশী করিতে লাগিলা ॥ ১০ ॥