We're told today’s Ekādaśī.
Guru Mahārāj mentioned that Saraswatī Ṭhākur
gave some mundane aspects of Ekādaśī, and some divine aspects.
[The Science of Fasting]
On the mundane side of things,
we discussed this a little earlier today:
the inﬂuence of the moon.
We cannot deny that there are lunar influences.
Especially women cannot deny that there are lunar inﬂuences.
They know this thing is affecting
their psycho-emotional state, we can say.
It’s a verifiable sort of thing.
So Saraswatī Ṭhākur is saying,
at this time, the rasa in the body, there's a greater flow.
So part of fasting is to create a balance,
because the enjoying tendency is stronger at this time by eating food.
Either fasting, or eating foods that are non-stimulating,
it’ll keep the balance of the aspiring servitor
and let them stay focused on serving.
But still that’s a mundane aspect of it.
It's interesting, like biological type information.
But then he says something deeper and more profound,
that just as our tendency for enjoyment is greater at this time,
in the Reality, in the Supreme Reality,
Kṛṣṇa’s tendency for enjoyment is greater at this time.
So this is why the devotees
are sacrificing a part of themselves,
offering their energy to Kṛṣṇa for His enjoyment.