CC Adi 15.10

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā - Chapter 15: The Lord's Paugaṇḍa-līlā

Ādi-līlā 15.9 - Ādi-līlā 15.11

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 10

śacī kahe,—nā khāiba, bhāla-i kahilā

sei haite ekādaśī karite lāgilā

SYNONYMS

śacī kahe — mother Śacī said; nā khāiba — I shall not take; bhāla-i kahilā — You have said very nicely; sei haite — from that day; ekādaśī — Ekādaśī day; karite lāgilā — began to observe.

TRANSLATION

Mother Śacī said, “You have spoken very nicely. I shall not eat grains on Ekādaśī.” From that day, she began to observe fasting on Ekādaśī.

PURPORT

It is a prejudice among smārta-brāhmaṇas that a widow must observe fasting on Ekādaśī but a woman who is sa-dhava—who has her husband—should not. It appears that before Lord Caitanya’s request, Śacīmātā, being sa-dhava, was not observing Ekādaśī. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, however, introduced the system that a woman, even if not a widow, must observe the Ekādaśī day and must not touch any kind of grains, even those offered to the Deity of Viṣṇu.

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