The basic principle is not just to fast, but to increase one’s faith and love for Govinda, or Krsna. The Nectar of Devotion, Srila Prabhupada’s summary study of Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu, states, “In the Brahma-vaivarta Purana it is said that one who observes fasting on Ekadasi day is freed from all kinds of reactions to sinful activities and advances in pious life. Keeping the fast on Ekadasi is one of the sixty-four items of devotional service listed in Srila Rupa Gosvami’s Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu. Ekadasi is known as the day of Lord Hari and is said to be the mother of devotion. Even in the thirteenth, or leap, month, called adhika-masa, or purusottama-masa, which comes every three years, during which no other festivals are celebrated, Ekadasi is observed. It is observed eleven days after the full moon and eleven days after the new moon of every month. Ekadasi is one of the regular celebrations in the Vaishnava calendar.
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