चैत्रे मासि विवस्वंतं पूजयित्वा सुभक्तिमान्
In the month of Chaitra, having worshipped Vivasvant, the devoted one.
वैशाखे चण्डकिरणं पूजयेच्च पयोव्रतः 1.164.
In Vaishakha, one should worship Chanda-kirana, and observe the vow with milk.
ज्येष्ठे दिवस्पतिं पूज्य गवां शृंगोदकं पिबेत्
In Jyeshtha, having worshipped Divaspati, one should drink water from the horns of cows.
आषाढे त्वर्कनामानमिष्ट्वा प्राश्य च गोमयम्
In Ashadha, having worshipped the one named Arka, one should partake of cow dung.
श्रावणेऽर्यमनामानं पूजयित्वा पयः पिबेत्
In the month of Śrāvaṇa, after worshipping Aryaman by name, one should drink milk.
मासि भाद्रपदे षष्ठ्यां भास्करं नाम पूजयेत्
In the month of Bhādrapada, on the sixth day, one should worship the sun called Bhāskara.
मासि चाश्वयुजे षष्ठ्यां भगाख्यं नाम पूजयेत्
In the month of Āśvayuja, on the sixth day, one should worship the deity known as Bhaga.
मासे तु कार्तिके षष्ठ्यां शक्राख्यं नाम पूजयेत्
In the month of Kārtika, on the sixth day, one should worship the one called Śakra.
वर्षांते भोजयेद्विप्रान्सूर्यभक्तिपरायणान्
At the end of the rainy season, one should feed brāhmaṇas who are devoted to the worship of the sun.
शक्त्या हिरण्यवासांसि भक्त्या तेभ्यो निवेदयेत्
According to one's ability, with devotion, one should offer them garments of gold.
वर्षमेकं च देवे वै नैरंतर्येण यो नयेत्
Whoever observes this for one year continuously for the deity,
सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः सर्वकामसमन्वितः 1.164.
Becomes freed from all sins and endowed with all desires fulfilled.
पुण्येष्वहःसु सर्वेषु विषुवद्ग्रहणादिषु
On all auspicious days, at equinoxes, eclipses, and similar occasions,
कृष्णषष्ठीव्रतं पुण्यं सर्वपापभयापहम्
The sacred vow of Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī removes all sins and fears.
कृत्वेदं पुरुषो भक्त्या भास्करस्य महात्मनः
Having performed this with devotion to the great-souled Bhāskara,
इति श्रीभविष्ये महापुराणे ब्राह्मेपर्वणि सप्तमीकल्पे सूर्यषष्ठीव्रतवर्णनं नाम चतुःषष्ट्युत्तरशततमोध्यायः
Thus, in the glorious Bhaviṣya Mahāpurāṇa, in the Brāhma Parvan, in the Saptamī Kalpa, is the one hundred and sixty-fourth chapter named 'Description of the Sūrya Ṣaṣṭhī Vow.'
उभयसप्तमीवर्णनम् धर्मकामार्थमोक्षाणां प्रतिपादनमुत्तमम्
Description of both Saptamīs: The supreme instruction for the attainment of dharma, kāma, artha, and mokṣa.
पौषमासे तु संप्राप्ते यः कुर्यान्नक्तभोजनम्
When the month of Pauṣa arrives, whoever observes night-time eating,
पक्षयोः सप्तमीं यत्नादुपवासेन यापयेत्
Should, with effort, observe a fast on the Saptamī of both fortnights.
अधःशायी भवेन्नित्यं सर्वभोगविव र्जितः
One should always sleep on the ground, renouncing all enjoyments.
कृत्वा स्नानं महापूजां सूर्यदेवस्य भास्त
After bathing, one should perform the great worship of the shining Sun God.
भोजयेच्च द्विजानष्टौ भगार्चा शुभलक्षणाम्
And one should feed eight brāhmaṇas who possess auspicious marks and worship Bhaga.
य एवं कुरुते पुण्यं सूर्यस्य व्रतमुत्तमम्
Whoever performs this virtuous and supreme vow of the Sun,
सूर्यकोटिप्रतीकाशैर्विमानैः सार्वकामिकैः
with celestial vehicles radiant like millions of Suns, fulfilling all desires,
संगीतनृत्यवाद्याद्यैर्गंधर्वगणशोभितैः
adorned by groups of Gandharvas with music, dance, and instruments,
सहस्रकिरणाभासः सौरैः सूर्यसमन्वितैः 1.165.
shining with the brilliance of a thousand rays, accompanied by solar beings and the Sun himself,
रोमसंख्या तु या तस्यास्तत्प्रसूतिः कुलेषु च
the number of hairs on his body determines the extent of his progeny in his lineage,
त्रिःसप्तकुलजैः सार्धं भोगान्भुक्त्वा यथेप्सितान्
together with twenty-one generations of his family, he enjoys pleasures as he desires,
योगाद्दुःखांतमाप्नोति ज्ञानयोगं प्रवर्तते
through yoga, he attains the end of suffering and enters the path of knowledge and yoga,
इत्येवं ते समाख्यातं भवार्णवव्यपोहनम्
Thus, I have explained to you the means to cross the ocean of worldly existence,