Ekadasi Morning Meditation:

                    Lotus Feet: Om Damodaraya Namah

                    Thighs: Om Madhavaya Namah
                    Private Parts: Om Kamapataye Namah
                    Hips: Om Vamanaya Namah
                    Navel: Om Padmanabhaya Namah
                    Stomach: Om Vishvamutaye Namah
                    Heart: Om Jnanagamyaya Namah
                    Throat: Om Srikanthaya Namah
                    Arms: Om Sahasrabahave Namah
                    Lotus Eyes: Om Paramayogine Namah
                    Forehead: Om Urugayai Namah
                    Nose: Om Narakeshvaraya Namah
                    Hair: Om Sarvakamadaya Namah
                    Head: Om Sahasrashirshaya Namah

                    Midday: Bathe in river, lake or pond.    Chant, while smearing mud upon body: "O
Asvakrante!    O Rathakranthe!    O Visnukranthe!    O Mrttike!    O Mother Earth!    Kindly remove all
the sins I have accumulated throughout many past lives so that I may enter the sacred abode of the
Supreme Lord."

                    Light fortnight Ekadasi: meditate upon the 12 holy names

                    of Lord Vishnu while applying tilaka.

                    Dark fortnight: meditate upon 16 holy names: om vasudevaya

                    namah, om keshavaya namah, om narayanah namah, om madhavaya
                    namah, om sankarshanaya namah, om govindaya namah, om vaishnave namah, om
madhusudanaya namah, om pradyumnaya namah, om trivikramaya namah, om vamanaya namah, om
sridharaya namah, om aniruddhaya namah, om hrishikeshaya namah, om padmanabhaya namah, om
damodarayah namah.

                    One should read about the particular Ekadasi.

                    Do not sleep in day, take massage, engage in sex life,

                    take intoxication, touch impure people, shave.

                    On Dvadasi, one should not sleep in the day, eat in another's home, eat more than once, eat
urad dahl, rub oil on the body.    One may break the fast at the right time by drinking water if eating is
difficult to arrange.