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Devshayani Ekadashi · Chaturmas Vrat begins (Ramanandi)

Bhagavan Vishnu / Sri Ram entering Yoga-nidra (cosmic sleep)

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Devshayani Ekadashi — Ashadha Shukla 11 — the day Sri Ram (Vishnu) enters cosmic sleep on Sheshnag. The four-month Chaturmas vrat begins today and continues until Prabodhini Ekadashi (Kartik Shukla 11). All weddings, gruha-pravesh, mundan, and other auspicious sanskaras pause; tapasya, parayan, and Sita-Ram naam intensify.

Dates 2026–2027

July 25, 2026July 14, 2027

Mantra

सुप्ते त्वयि जगन्नाथ जगत् सुप्तं भवेदिदम् · विबुद्धे त्वयि बुध्येत प्रसन्नः मे भवाच्युत

Supte Tvayi Jagannath Jagat Suptam Bhavedidam · Vibuddhe Tvayi Budhyeta Prasannah Me Bhavaachyuta

When you sleep, O Jagannath (Sri Ram), the whole world sleeps with you. When you awaken, the world awakens. May you be pleased with me, O imperishable one.

How to recite

Observe the standard Ekadashi fast — sankalpa, no grains, Sita-Ram naam, jagaran, and Dwadashi-morning paaran. After paaran, take the formal Chaturmas sankalpa — choose one or more vows to observe for the next four months until Prabodhini Ekadashi (Kartik Shukla Ekadashi). Common Chaturmas vows: ek-bhukta (one meal a day), strict celibacy, sleeping on the floor, daily Ramayana parayan, monthly food restriction (no leafy greens / curd / milk / pulses).

Benefits

Devshayani Ekadashi — Ashadha Shukla — marks the day Bhagavan Vishnu enters Yoga-nidra on Sheshnag in the cosmic ocean. For four months until Prabodhini Ekadashi he sleeps; the divine wedding season is paused. The Ramanandis hold Chaturmas as the holiest period of the year for tapas — when external festivities pause, internal sadhana intensifies.

✦ Special Note

Ramanandi sadhus traditionally do not travel during Chaturmas — they stay at one matha (the chaturmas-sthal) for the full four months, immersed in Ramcharitmanas parayan and Hari-naam-kirtan. Grihasthas are encouraged to visit the matha for darshan and katha through the season. Dates per the standard Vikram Samvat Panchang (Purnimanta system — month boundary at Purnima), Ayodhya/Varanasi convention; same underlying calendar as Hindu general, Purnimanta month naming.

Foods Allowed

Standard Ekadashi phalahar — fruits, milk, panchamrit, sabudana, kuttu, singhara, rajgiraCharanamrita and tulsi from the Ram darbarSendha namak only — never regular saltThrough Chaturmas: avoid one food category each month — leafy greens (Shravan), curd (Bhadrapada), milk (Ashwin), pulses (Kartik)

Foods to Avoid

All grains on the Ekadashi day itselfOnion, garlic, brinjal — alwaysThrough the four-month Chaturmas vrat: weddings, gruha-pravesh, mundan, and other auspicious sanskaras are paused (Vishnu is asleep)Meat, fish, eggs, alcohol

Meal Idea

Standard Ekadashi phalahar — sabudana kheer, kuttu puri with aloo sabzi (sendha namak), singhara halwa, fresh fruits and panchamrit. Break the fast on Dwadashi morning with tulsi-charanamrita and rice-curd.

🪔 Aarti

Shri Ram Lalla

Aarti Kije Shri Ramlala Ki

आरती कीजे श्रीरामलला की । पूर्ण निपुण धनुर्वेद कला की ॥ धनुष वाण कर सोहत नीके । शोभा कोटि मदन मद फीके ॥ सुभग सिंहासन आप बिराजैं । वाम भाग वैदेही राजैं ॥ कर जोरे रिपुहन हनुमाना । भरत लखन सेवत बिधि नाना ॥ शिव अज नारद गुन गन गावैं । निगम नेति कह पार न पावैं ॥ नाम प्रभाव सकल जग जानैं । शेष महेश गनेस बखानैं ॥ भगत कामतरु पूरणकामा । दया क्षमा करुना गुन धामा ॥ सुग्रीवहुँ को कपिपति कीन्हा । राज विभीषन को प्रभु दीन्हा ॥ खेल खेल महु सिंधु बंधाये । लोक सकल अनुपम यश छाये ॥ दुर्गम गढ़ लंकापति मारे । सुर नर मुनि सबके भय टारे ॥ देवन थापि सुजस विस्तारे । कोटिक दीन मलीन उधारे ॥ कपि केवट खग निसिचर केरे । करि करुना दुःख दोष निवेरे ॥ देत सदा दासन्ह को माना । जगतपूज्य भे कपि हनुमाना ॥ आरत दीन सदा सत्कारे । तिहुंपुर होत राम जयकारे ॥

Lord Vishnu

Om Jai Jagdish Hare

ॐ जय जगदीश हरे, स्वामी जय जगदीश हरे । भक्त जनों के संकट, दास जनों के संकट, क्षण में दूर करे ॥ जो ध्यावे फल पावे, दुःख बिनसे मन का । सुख सम्पत्ति घर आवे, कष्ट मिटे तन का ॥ मात-पिता तुम मेरे, शरण गहूं मैं किसकी । तुम बिन और न दूजा, आस करूं मैं जिसकी ॥ तुम पूरन परमात्मा, तुम अंतर्यामी । पारब्रह्म परमेश्वर, तुम सबके स्वामी ॥ तुम करुणा के सागर, तुम पालनकर्ता । मैं सेवक तुम स्वामी, कृपा करो भर्ता ॥ तुम हो एक अगोचर, सबके प्राणपति । किस विधि मिलूं दयामय, तुमको मैं कुमति ॥ दीनबंधु दुःखहर्ता, ठाकुर तुम मेरे । अपने हाथ उठाओ, अपनी शरण में लाओ ॥ विषय विकार मिटाओ, पाप हरो देवा । श्रद्धा भक्ति बढ़ाओ, संतन की सेवा ॥

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