śrī ekādaśī mātā kī āratī

An arati addressed not to a deity but to a day. Ekadashi is treated here as a mother in her own right, and the refrain hails her by that name alone; the opening line says what the vow does, that one who takes up the fast and the worship of Vishnu gains both power and release. What follows is a calendar. The ekadashis are named one after another through the year — Saphala in the dark fortnight of Pausha, Vijaya in the dark of Phalguna and Amalaki in its bright, Mohini, Apara in the dark of Jyeshtha, Indira in the dark of Ashvina, Parama — each with the fortnight it falls in and what keeping it is said to give. The refrain returns between them.