Agnipurana 190

English (machine translation) 190

Language: English

190.7 — 6 parts

190.1

Agni said: / I will proclaim Akhaṇḍa-dvādaśī, which effects the completion of votive observances. / In Mārgaśīrṣa, during the bright [fortnight], fasting completely on the twelfth lunar day,

having bathed in water mixed with the five products of the cow, having consumed them, the observer of the vow should worship Viṣṇu. / On the twelfth lunar day, he should indeed offer a vessel filled with barley and rice to a brāhmaṇa [with the prayer]:

190.3

"Whatever vow has been broken by me in seven lifetimes, / O Lord, by your grace, may that become unbroken for me in this life.

190.4

Just as the entire universe is unbroken, [and] you alone are it, O Puruṣottama, / even so may all my votive observances be unbroken!"

190.5

In this very manner, month by month, the four-month rite is remembered. / Further, in the months beginning with Caitra, he should also offer vessels of roasted grain flour;

190.6

and the concluding fast-breaking begins in the months starting with Śrāvaṇa and ending with Kārttika. / When it is performed, deficiency of vows across seven lifetimes becomes fruitful;