गोविन्दमर्चयति गोरसभोजनस्तु गा वै विनोदयति तद्वद्गवाह्निकश्च
One worships Govinda, eats cow's milk products, delights the cows, and likewise performs the daily cow rites.
इति श्रीभविष्ये महापुराण उत्तर पर्वणि श्रीकृष्णयुधिष्ठिरसंवादे गोविन्दद्वादशीव्रतवर्णनं नामाष्टसप्ततितमोऽध्यायः
Thus, in the glorious Bhavishya Mahapurana, in the Uttara Parva, in the dialogue between Shri Krishna and Yudhishthira, this is the seventy-eighth chapter named 'Description of the Govinda Dvadashi Vow.'
अखण्डद्वादशीव्रतवर्णनम् दानधर्मे कृतं यस्य विपाकं वद यादृशः
Description of the Akhanda Dvadashi Vow: Tell me, what is the result of the merit produced by giving in charity?
वैकल्यात्फलवैकल्यं यादृश तच्छृणुष्व मे
Listen to me about the deficiency in results that arises from imperfection.
उपवासान्विना खण्डं प्राप्नुवंत्येव ताञ्छृणु
Hear now: those who neglect fasting receive only a partial result.
रूपं तथोत्तरं प्राप्य व्रतवैकल्यदोषतः
Due to faults in their observance, they attain only a lesser form or outcome.
उपवासी नरः पत्नीं नारीं प्राप्य तथा पतिम्
A man who fasts attains a wife, and a woman likewise attains a husband.
ये द्रव्ये सत्यदातारस्तथान्ने सत्यनग्नयः
Those who give wealth truthfully, and those who offer food with sincerity—
वस्त्रानुलेपनैर्हीना भूषणैश्चातिरूपिणः
Even if lacking in clothing, ointments, or ornaments, they become exceedingly beautiful.
ते सर्वे व्रतवैकल्यात्फल वैकल्यमागताः उपवासेन कर्तव्यं वैकल्याद्विकलं फलम्
All these, due to imperfect observance, receive imperfect results; fasting must be done, for from imperfection comes an incomplete fruit.
किं तत्र वद कर्तव्यमच्छिद्रं येन जायते
Tell me, what should be done there so that the result is flawless?
वैकल्यं प्रशमं याति शृणुष्व गदतो मम कृतोपवासो देवेशं समभ्यर्च्य जनार्दनम्
Listen as I speak: imperfection is pacified when, having performed the fast, one worships Janardana, the Lord of the gods.
स्नातो नारायणं ब्रूयाद्भुञ्जन्नारायणं तथा
Having bathed, one should address Nārāyaṇa, and likewise, while eating, remember Nārāyaṇa.
पञ्चगव्यजलस्नातो विशुद्धात्मा जितेन्द्रियः इदमुच्चारयेत्पश्चाद्देवस्य पुरतो हरेः
Having bathed in the five products of the cow, with a purified mind and controlled senses, one should then recite this before Lord Hari.
सप्तजन्मनि यत्किञ्चिन्मया खण्डव्रतं कृतम्
Whatever imperfect vow I have performed in seven lifetimes—
यथाखंडं जगत्सर्वं त्वमेव पुरुषोत्तम
Just as you, O Supreme Person, are the whole and undivided universe—
चतुर्भिरपि मासैस्तु पारणं प्रथमं स्मृतम्
The first breaking of the fast is prescribed even after four months.
चैत्रादिषु च मासेषु चतुर्गुण्यं तु पारणम्
In the months beginning with Caitra, the breaking of the fast is four times more meritorious.
श्रावणादिषु मासेषु कार्त्तिकांतेषु पारणम्
In the months beginning with Śrāvaṇa and ending with Kārttika, the breaking of the fast is prescribed.
सौवर्णं रौप्यं ताम्रं च मृन्मयं पात्रमिष्यते
A vessel of gold, silver, copper, or clay is considered suitable.
एवं संवत्सरस्यांते ब्राह्मणान्स जितेन्द्रियः 4.79.
In this way, at the end of the year, one who has mastered his senses should honor the brāhmaṇas.
वस्त्राभरणदानैश्च प्रणिपत्य क्षमापयेत्
By giving garments and ornaments, and by bowing down, one should seek their forgiveness.
एवं सम्यग्यथान्याय्यमखंडद्वादशीं नरः
Thus, whoever properly observes the uninterrupted Dvādaśī according to what is right—
सप्तजन्मसु वैकल्यं यद्व्रतस्य क्वचित्कृतम्
Any imperfection in the vow that may have occurred in seven lifetimes—
तस्मादेषा प्रयत्नेन नरैः स्त्रीभिश्च सुव्रत
Therefore, O virtuous one, this should be undertaken with effort by men and women—
ये द्वादशीव्रतमखंडमिति प्रसिद्धं मार्गोत्तमाङ्गमधिकृत्य कृतेन येन
Those who perform the uninterrupted Dvādaśī vow, renowned as the supreme path, by whomsoever it is accomplished—
इति श्रीभविष्ये महापुराण उत्तरपर्वणि श्रीकृष्णयुधिष्ठिरसंवादेऽखंडद्वादशीव्रतवर्णनं नामैकोनाशीतितमोऽध्यायः
Thus, in the glorious Bhaviṣya Mahāpurāṇa, in the Uttara Parva, in the dialogue between Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Yudhiṣṭhira, the seventy-ninth chapter named 'Description of the Akhaṇḍa Dvādaśī Vow' is concluded.
मनोरथद्वादशीव्रतवर्णनम् नरो वा यदि वा नारी समभ्यर्च्य जगत्पतिम्
The description of the Manoratha Dvādaśī vow: Whether a man or a woman, having duly worshipped the Lord of the universe—
हरेर्नाम वदन्भक्त्या भावयुक्तो युधिष्ठिर
Uttering the name of Hari with devotion and a mind full of feeling, O Yudhiṣṭhira—
ततोन्यस्मिन्दिने प्राप्ते द्रादश्यां नियतो हरिम्
Then, on the next day, when Dvādaśī arrives, with self-restraint, one should worship Hari—