Ekadashi Aarti (ओम जय एकादशी)

Om jai Ekadashi, jai jai Ekadashi, Vishnu priye tum, daatri Vaikuntha pad-vaasi. — Victory to you, Mother Ekadashi, hail again and again. You are dear to Lord Vishnu, the bestower (of liberation), and the one who grants residence in Vaikuntha. (This is the refrain, repeated throughout.) Pakshon mein do baar tu aave, Bhakta hriday mein vaas banaaye. — You come twice each month, once in each fortnight (the bright and the dark), and you make your dwelling within the devotee's heart. Hari ka rup tu Pratyaksh anokhi, Sab paapan ki naashini hai tu rakshak-rakshi. — You are the visible, unique manifestation of Lord Hari himself; you are the destroyer of all sins and the protectress who guards (the devotees). Om jai Ekadashi. — (refrain, repeated) Vrat jo nar-nari karein nirjala, Anna-tyaag se chitt hove sushobha. — Those men and women who keep the waterless (nirjala) fast — through their renunciation of grain their mind becomes pure and radiant. Mokṣa pad pa jaaye sahaj se, Hari-charanon mein milay raj-se. — Such a one effortlessly attains the state of liberation and, with ease, merges into the feet of Lord Hari. Om jai Ekadashi. — (refrain, repeated) Tulsi-archan, naam-japan, sankirtan, Hari katha, hari-naam, hari-vandan. — Worship of the Tulsi plant, repetition of the (divine) name, congregational chanting, listening to Hari's sacred stories, remembrance of Hari's name, and obeisance to Hari — In sab kaaryan se prasanna ho jaati, Bhakta ko vaikuntha-pad de jaati. — Pleased by all these devotional acts, (Mother Ekadashi) bestows upon the devotee the supreme abode of Vaikuntha. Om jai Ekadashi. — (refrain, repeated) Hari-naam ka jaap kare jo bhakta, Ekadashi din nirjala-vrat dharta. — The devotee who repeats Hari's name and observes the waterless fast on the day of Ekadashi, Kotaan-koti yajya phal paave, Pitra-tarpan se sat-pitra paave. — gains the fruit equal to tens of millions of fire-sacrifices, and through the libation-offering to the ancestors helps his forefathers attain a noble state. Om jai Ekadashi. — (refrain, repeated) Om jai Ekadashi, jai jai Ekadashi, Vishnu priye tum, daatri Vaikuntha pad-vaasi. — (The closing repeats the same refrain — victory to Mother Ekadashi, dear to Vishnu, the bestower of liberation and dweller of Vaikuntha.)