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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.16.25

ఫాల్గునస్యామలే పక్షే ద్వాదశాహం పయోవ్రతమ్ । అర్చయేదరవిన్దాక్షం భక్త్యా పరమయాన్విత: ॥ ౨౫ ॥
phālgunasyāmale pakṣe
[phaalgunasyaamale pakshe]
dvādaśāhaṁ payo-vratam
[dvaadashaaham payo-vratam]
arcayed aravindākṣaṁ
[archayed aravindaaksham]
bhaktyā paramayānvitaḥ
[bhaktyaa paramayaanvitah]
phālgunasya — of the month of Phālguna (February and March) amale — during the bright pakṣe — fortnight dvādaśa-aham — for twelve days, ending with Dvādaśī, the day after Ekādaśī payaḥ-vratam — accepting the vow of taking only milk arcayet — one should worship aravinda-akṣam — the lotus-eyed Supreme Personality of Godhead bhaktyā — with devotion paramayā — unalloyed anvitaḥ — surcharged.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
phālgunasyāmale pakṣe
phālgunasya
of the month of Phālguna (February and March)
amale
during the bright
pakṣe
fortnight
dvādaśāhaṁ payo-vratam
dvādaśa-aham
for twelve days, ending with Dvādaśī, the day after Ekādaśī
payaḥ-vratam
accepting the vow of taking only milk
arcayed aravindākṣaṁ
arcayet
one should worship
aravinda-akṣam
the lotus-eyed Supreme Personality of Godhead
bhaktyā paramayānvitaḥ
bhaktyā
with devotion
paramayā
unalloyed
anvitaḥ
surcharged.
In the bright fortnight of the month of Phālguna [February and March], for twelve days ending with Dvādaśī, one should observe the vow of subsisting only on milk and should worship the lotus-eyed Supreme Personality of Godhead with all devotion.

Worshiping the Supreme Lord Viṣṇu with devotion means following arcana-mārga.

śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ smaraṇaṁ pāda-sevanam arcanaṁ vandanaṁ dāsyaṁ sakhyam ātma-nivedanam

One should install the Deity of Lord Viṣṇu or Kṛṣṇa and worship Him nicely by dressing Him, decorating Him with flower garlands, and offering Him all kinds of fruits, flowers and cooked food, nicely prepared with ghee, sugar and grains. One should also offer a flame, incense and so on, while ringing a bell, as prescribed. This is called worship of the Lord. Here it is recommended that one observe the vow of subsisting only by drinking milk. This is called payo-vrata. As we generally perform devotional service on Ekādaśī by not eating grains, it is generally recommended that on Dvādaśī one not consume anything but milk. Payo-vrata and arcana devotional service to the Supreme Lord should be performed with a pure devotional attitude ( bhaktyā ). Without bhakti, one cannot worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Bhaktyā mām abhijānāti yāvān yaś cāsmi tattvataḥ. If one wants to know the Supreme Personality of Godhead and be directly connected with Him, knowing what He wants to eat and how He is satisfied, one must take to the process of bhakti. As recommended here also, bhaktyā paramayānvitaḥ: one should be surcharged with unalloyed devotional service.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
In the bright fortnight of the month of Phālguna [February and March], for twelve days, subsisting only on milk, one should worship the lotus-eyed Lord with complete devotion. Payo-vratam means to perform a vow taking only milk.
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