Brihaspati
Vrat Aarti
Om Jai
Bhraspati Deva, Jai Bhraspati Deva
Chin Chin-Bhoog-Lagaoon-Phal-Mewa II OM II
Tum
Puran-Parmatama, Tum Antaryami
Jagat-pita-Jagdeeshvar Tum Sabke Swami II OM I
Charn-amrit-Nij-Nirmal,
Sab Patak-Harta
Sakal-Manorath-Dayak, Kripa-Karo-Bharta II OM II
Tan
Mann Arpan-kar Jo Jann-Sharan-Pade
Prabhu-Prakat Tab Hokar, Aakar-Dwar-Khade II OM II
Deen-Dayal-Dayaniddhi,
Bhaktan-Hitkari
Paap Dosh Sab Harta, Bhav-Bandhan-Haar II OM II
Sakal-Manorath-Dayak,
Sab Sanshay Taro
Vishay Vikar-Mitao-Santan-Sukhkari II OM II
Jo
Koi Aarti Teri Prem-Sahit Gave
Jaesht-anand Band So So-Nischay Pave II OM II
Sab
Bolo Vishnu Bhagwan Ki Jai
Sab Bolo Bhraspati-Bhagwan Ki Jai
Brihaspati Stotram
Gurur
Brihaspatir Jeeva Suracharyo Vidam Vara
Vageeso Dhishino Deerga Samasru Peethambaro Yuva II 1 II
O
Teacher, You are the Lord of the beings, and also the teacher of the demigods.
You are the greatest among the gods, the lord of words and also the preceptor.
You are the one who has a long beard, the one who is always young, and the one
who always wears yellow silk.
Sudha
Drushtir Grahadheeso Graha Peeda Apaharaka
Daya Kara Soumya Moorthi Surarchya Kudmala Dhyuthi II 2 II
You
are one with nectar-like eyes and the lord of all the planets. You are the one
who also removes the evil effects of the other planets. The one who is merciful
and soft-looking. You are the instructor of the devas and the one who looks
like a bud.
Loka
Poojyo Loka Guru Neethigno Neethi Karaka
Tharapathi Schangeeraso Veda Vedya Pithamaha II 3 II
You
are the one who is revered by everyone, you are everyone’s teacher. You are the
one who is just and you also ensure that justice prevails. The Lord of all the
stars and the son of rishi Angirasa. The one who is also worshipped by the
Vedas, the grandfather.
Bhakthya
Brahaspathim Smruthwa Namanyethani Ya Padeth
Arogi Bhalavan Sriman Puthravan Sa Bhaven Nara II 4 II
When
a person prays to Brihaspati with devotion and chants his names, he would be
free of all diseases. He would also be strong, wealthy and receive the boon of
children.
Jeevedvarsha
Satham Marthya Papam Nasyathi Nasyathi
Ya Poojayeth Guru Dhine Peetha Gandha Akshathambarai II 5 II
If
a person worships you on Thursdays with sandal, rice and silk, he would live a
hundred years and would be absolved of all his sins.
Pushpa
Dheepo Upa Haraischa Poojayithwa Brihaspathim
Brahmanan Bhojayithwa Cha Peeda Shanthir Bhaved Guro II 6 II
The
guru would also remove all the problems and bless one with peace, when they
worship him light and flowers, and serve food to the Brahmins.
Shri Brihaspati Vrat Katha
Tales
of Brihaspati Vrat Katha are of great importance for the ones who perform
Brihaspati Puja regularly. Brihaspati Vrat Katha is basically a story that unveils
the importance of Brihaspati Vrat and Brihaspati Puja in one’s life. So read
the below mentioned Brihaspati Vrat Katha that is been translated for your
convenience in English.
It
is a story of ancient times – There was a king who was very powerful and
munificent he use to observe fast on every Thursday and offer worships. This
was something his Queen detested very much neither she observed fasts nor did
she give a single paisa in charity. She used to forbid the king also from doing
so. Once it so happened that the king went to the forest to hunt wild game,
there were only the Queen and her maids in the palace. Meanwhile, Guru
Brihaspati donned in the disguise of a saint, came to the palace to collect
alms. When the saint asked the Queen to give alms she said. “O Saint! I am fed
up of making charities tell me some way by means of which all this wealth comes
to an end and I may live comfortably”. Brihaspati God in disguise of saint said
“O Devi you are very strange is there anyone on earth to whom children and
wealth become the cause of their plight? If you have a lot of money you may
perform auspicious deeds with it and this will keep you happy in this world and
in heaven both”. But the saint’s sermons did not make the queen happy she said
“I don’t want such wealth which I may have to give to others in charity or I
may have to waste all my time taking care of it”.
The
Saint said If this is what you wish, Do as I say, On Thursday’s smear your
house with cow dung, apply yellow clay to your hair while washing it and take
bath at the same time, take meat and wine during meals, give your clothes to
washer man for washing and if you do this for 7 consecutive Thursday’s, all
your wealth will be destroyed saying this Brihaspati God in guise of a saint,
vanished.
Hardly
three consecutive Thursday’s had passed, acting on the advice of the saint that
all the wealth of the queen was destroyed. The family began starving. One day
the king said to the queen “O Queen! You stay here and let me go to some other
country so that I may earn my livelihood engaging myself in ordinary jobs in my
own country wont suit my status”. Saying this king set out to some other
country. There he began earning his livelihood by cutting firewood from forest
and selling these in the town.
The
queen and her maids had begun feeling the absence of the king. Once when the
queen and her maids had to starve for seven continuous days the queen said to
one of her maids “My sister lives in the nearby town she is very wealthy go and
bring something from her so that we may manage our meals for a few days”. The
maid went to the house of queen’s sister it was Thursday. The queen’s sister
was listening to stories related to Brihaspati God the maid conveyed the
message to the queen to her but she gave no reply. The maid was greatly
aggrieved to get no reply from the queen’s sister she also became very angry.
The maid returned and told everything to the queen the helpless as she had
become began cursing her fate.
On
the other side the queen’s sister thought – “My sister’s maid had come and
getting no reply from me, she must have been terribly aggrieved”. So after
listening to stories related to Brishaspati God and having offered her
worships, she came to the palace of the queen and began saying “O sister! I was
observing fast in the worship of Brihaspati God. Meanwhile, your maid happened
to come, but since, during the period while one is listening to the stories
related to a deity, one is neither supposed to speak nor is one supposed to
leave the place of worship. I too had to observe silence. Now please tell me
why you had sent your maid to my house”
The
queen said “Sister! I had sent my maid to your house because we had nothing to
eat” and saying these eyes welled up with tears. She told her sister how she
had been starving along with her maids. The queen’s sister said “Look,
Brishaspati God fulfills everyone’s wishes go and look inside you may find
grains somewhere in your palace”. Hearing this one of the maids went inside to
check and found a pitcher full of grains in a corner. The maid was greatly
surprised as she had checked all the vessels and pitchers earlier and they were
all empty. She came and informed the queen of her finding the maid said to the
queen “O queen! In a way we can say that we observe fast when we have nothing
to eat so why not inquire from your sister about the method of observing this
fast and then we too shall observe fast”.
On
the advice of her maid, the queen inquired from her sister about observance of
fasts in the worship of Brihaspati God. Her sister said “During observance of
fast in worship of Brihaspati God once should offer Gram pulses and raisins to
the root of Banana tree and worship Lord Vishnu”/ Take meals prepared with
yellow materials and listen to stories related to Brihaspati God. This pleases
the deity and he fulfills all wishes”. Having given details of method regarding
observance of fasts and offering worships the queen’s sister returned home.
The
queen and her maid both decided that they would definitely offer their worships
to Brihaspati God, so after seven days they observed fast. They went and
collected Grams and Jaggery from the stable and offering gram pulses to root of
banana tree. They worshipped Lord Vishnu, Now from where to get meals prepared
with yellow materials? They became very sad, but since they had observed the
fast, Brihaspati God was pleased with them he came in the guise of a very
ordinary person with two platters full of meals made of yellow materials, in
his hands. He handed it over to the maid and said “O maid! This is for you and
your queen, both of you should take it”. The maid became very happy to get the
food; she came and told everything to the queen.
And
since then both began observing fasts and offering their worships to Brihaspati
God. With the kind blessings of Brihaspati God they began prospering once
again. But the queen again became very lethargic like she was before. Then her
maid said “Look queen! earlier too you used to be very lethargic and it was a
painful job for you to take care of your money and wealth and this is the
reason why you lost all your wealth and now when we are prospering again with
the blessings of Brihaspati God you are being lazy like earlier times, it is
with great difficulty that we have regained our prosperity and so we must make
charities now. Now you should give food to the starving, arrange water for
thirsty travelers, make charities to the Brahmins arrange construction of wells
ponds tanks of water temples and schools for imparting knowledge arrange marriages
of unmarried girls. I mean to say that you should start spending for good
causes and this will bring name and fame to your family, ensure entitlement to
heavenly abode for yourself and your ancestors will also be pleased”.
Acting
on the advice of her maid the queen began spending for good causes which earned
her a very good name,
One
day the queen and her maid began thinking “God knows how the king is and under
what circumstances he is surviving” they offered prayers to Brihaspati God with
great devotion. “Wherever be the king, may he return the soonest”?
On
the other side the king, in a foreign land, was leading a very sad life; he
would bring firewood from the forest every day and manage his living with great
difficulty by selling it in the market of the town. One day remembering his
good old days he became very sad and began weeping,
Just
then Brihaspati God in the guise of a saint came and spoke to the king. “O
woodcutter why is it that you are sitting alone in this desolate forest? What
is it that worries you? Tell me”.
Hearing
this kings eyes welled up with tears he offered his situations to the saint and
narrated his plight. Saints are very kind at heart he said to the king “O king
your wife had committed a crime against Brihaspati God and it is because of
that crime that you are undergoing these problems you need not worry now God
will give you more than what you possessed earlier Look your wife has already
begun observing fasts on Thursdays now you too should take gram pulses and
jiggery, put them in a mug full of water and offer to worships to banana tree
with it. And after this either narrate the stories related to Brihaspati God or
listen to it, God will fulfill all your wishes“.
Hearing
he saint speak thus the king said “O Saint it is with great difficulty that I
earn my livelihood by selling firewood I am not able to save single paise form
my earnings last night I saw my queen in great mental distress in my dream,
it’s in no way possible for me to know her wellbeing then apart from this I have
no knowledge of any story related to Brihaspati God, How would I narrate the
stories?”.
The
saint said “O king determine yourself to observe fasts and offer worships to
Brihaspati God he himself will lead you Go to the town to sell firewood on
Thursdays like other days you will earn twice as much the amount you will earn
will be sufficient to buy you meals and material for the worship of Brihaspati
God and the story related to Brihaspati God is”
Story
related to Brihaspati God
Once
there was a very poor Brahmin during ancient times he had no issue he used to
worship God everyday but his wife neither took bath in the morning nor did she
ever worship any deity owing to this reason the Brahmin used to remain very
sad.
With
the kind blessings of God a female child was born in his house, the girl began
growing gradually, she used to take bath early in the morning and offer he
worships to Lord Vishnu she was also observing fasts on Thursdays after
offering worships while going to school, she used to carry barley in her fists
and scatter the grain on the way, while on her return, the grains of barley
used to get transformed into gold, which she used to collect and return home,
one day while she was winnowing the barley grains with winnow basket her mother
saw her and said “Dear daughter for winnowing golden barley grains the winnow
basket should also be made of gold”.
Next
day was a Thursday, the girl was observing fast she prayed to Brihaspati God
for a golden winnow basket, Brihaspati God decided to respond to her prayer the
girl like other days, went to school scattering grains of barley in the way,
while on her way back she not only found the grains of barley transformed into
gold but she also found a golden winnow basket in the way. She brought it home
and began winnowing the barley grains with it. But her mother remains
unchanged.
One
day, it so happened that while the girl was winnowing barley grains with the
golden winnow basket, a prince happened to pass by he lost his heart to the
girl to see her peerless beauty, he returned to his palace and stopped taking
food and water and lay motionless in his room.
The
king when he learnt that the prince had stopped take in food and water, came
and enquired from him the reason behind it, the prince told him everything and
also gave him address of the girl. The king’s minister went to the house of
girl and conveyed the message of the king to the Brahmin and within a few days
the marriage of the girl solemnized with the prince.
But
as soon as the girl left home to go to her in-law house the Brahmin became poor
again. One day, saddened by his poverty, the Brahmin went to meet his daughter,
seeing her father the girl enquired the well-being of her mother. The Brahmin
told her everything his daughter gave him a lot of money and bade him farewell,
but after a few days the Brahmin was once again struggling with poverty the
Brahmin again went to his daughter and narrated hi plight. His daughter said “O
father bring my mother here I shall tell her how to get rid of poverty”. The
Brahmin went back home and returned to his daughter along with his wife. The
girl said to her mother “O mother take bath early in the morning and offer
worships to Lord Vishnu this will help you get rid of poverty, but the Brahmins
wife didn’t care to listen to her daughter instead she used to eat the
leftovers of her daughter in the morning”.
One
day her daughter became very angry with her she locked her in a room next day
she forced her to take bath and offer worships and thus set right.
After
this she began worshipping and observing fasts on Thursday’s religiously. The
effect of observing this fast was such that she went to heaven after death. The
Brahmin enjoyed every prosperity in this mortal world and went to heaven after
death and thus having narrated this story the saint vanished.
Gradually
time rolled on the next day Thursday when the king went to town to sell
firewood, he earned more than what he used to earn earlier the king bought
grams and Jaggery from the market and observed fast. From that day he began
living happily his bad days were gone but on next Thursday he forgot to observe
fast this displeased Brihaspati God.
On
that day the king of the town had arranged Yagna at a very large scale he had
invited all his subjects to his palace to have meals and had announced that no
one should cook meals at home and even found disobeying his orders shall be
subjected to capital punishment.
As
per the royal orders of the king all his subjects came to the palace to have
their meals but the woodcutter arrived late the king took him inside while the
king was serving meals to the woodcutter the queen noticed that her necklace
was missing which she had hung by the peg in the wall the queen thought that it
was the woodcutter who had stolen her necklace, and so she called out to her
soldiers and got him imprisoned.
The
woodcutter began thinking in the prison, what crime I must have committed in my
early life to reach this end and he began remembering the saint whom he had met
in the forest Brihaspati God appeared to him in the guise of a saint and began
saying “O fool you are suffering thus only because you did not either listen to
the stories or tell the stories related to Brihaspati God all right you need
not worry now on Thursday you will find 4 paise lying at door of prison offer
your worships to Brihaspati God and all your problems will be over”.
The
woodcutter did get 4 paise lying at door of the prison on Thursday he arranged
to get materials for the worship with that money and narrated the story of
Brihaspati God to those present there. The same night Brihaspati God appeared
to the king of the town in his dream and said “O King the person you have
incarcerated is innocent free him tomorrow”, the king when he woke up early
next morning saw the necklace hanging by the peg he sent for the woodcutter and
begged his forgiveness and giving him lots of beautiful clothes and jewels he
bid him farewell.
As
per the instructions of the saint the woodcutter (King) set out to his town he
was greatly surprised when he reached near his town he noticed more gardens
ponds wells houses for pilgrims and temples than existed before on enquiry the
king was informed that all these were built by the queen and her maid, the king
was taken by surprise and was greatly angered also thinking “Where from did the
queen get so much money in his absence that she got so many new building
erected”.
On
the other side when the queen heard that the king was returning home she said
to her maid “O maid the king had left us in a very Pitiable condition see that
the king does not get confused and go back to see us under changed
circumstances so go and stand by the entrance of the palace”. Obeying the
orders of the queen the maid went and stood by the entrance of the palace and
brought the king in when he arrived then the king pulled out his sword angrily
and began enquiring tell me where did you get all this money from”. Then the
queen narrated the whole sequence of happenings.
The
king decided that he would observe fasts every day and narrate the stories of
Brihaspati God three times a day. Now the king used to have Gram pulses tied in
the corner of this scarf all the time and used to tell stories related to
Brihaspati God three times in a day.
One
day the king thought of paying visit to the house of his sister he set out to
her house riding his horse he saw on the way, some people carrying a dead body,
the king stopped them and said “O Brothers! Listen to the story of Brihaspati
God and then go”. They said “Look at him we are already saddened by death of
our kinsman and he wants to tell us a story” but some of them said “alright
tell us story we shall listen to it”.
The
king took out the gram pulses and began narrating the story he hardly narrated
half the story and the dead men began showing signs of life and by the time the
story completed the dead man regained his life and stood up uttering the name
of Lord Rama.
The
king continued his journey and around evening time he saw a farmer sloughing
his field the king offered to tell him the story of Brihaspati God but the
farmer declined his offer.
The
king kept moving but meanwhile the oxen of the farmer suddenly fell and fainted
and the farmer was struck with stomach ache just then the farmer’s wife came
with meals for her husband and son. She was shocked to see the farmer and oxen
in such pitiable condition. On enquiry her son explained everything in detail
the farmer’s wife went running to the horseman and said “I shall listen to your
story please come to our field and tell the story there”. The king returned to
the farmer’s field and narrated the story with the result the oxen returned
from faint and the farmer too became absolutely normal.
And
thus the king arrived at the house of his sister his sister extended every
hospitality in the welcome of her brother next day when the king woke up he saw
everyone busy taking meals the king asked his sister “Is there anyone who has
not yet taken meals? At least I can narrate the story of Brihaspati God to
him”. The sister said “Brother this country is very strange here people are
used to taking meals before getting to their jobs”.
Then
she went to the house of a potter whose son was ill she found that no one in
the house had eaten anything for three days she said “Would you like to hear
sacred stories from my brother?” The potter agreed.
The
king came and narrated the sacred stories of Brihaspati God, hearing which the
potter’s son became alright. Everyone began praising the king for his kind act.
One day the king said to his sister “O sister I would like to return home now,
you too get ready”. The king’s sister went to take permission from her mother
in law. He mother in law said “All right you may go but don’t take your sons
along as your brother has no issue the king’s sister said to the king O brother
I shall of course accompany you but my sons wont”. Hearing this king became
very sad and returned home alone without take in his sister along.
The
king narrated this sad story to the queen and went inside and lied down. The
queen O Lord Brihaspati God has given us everything he will bless us with a
child also. The same night Brihaspati God appeared to the king in his dreams
and said to him “Open your eyes O king forget all your worries your queen is on
the family way”. The king was only too pleased to get such good news in his
dream.
The wishes of anyone who observes the fast in the worship of Brihaspati God with a clan heart or offers worships to him are fulfilled in the same manner like the queen and the king had their wishes fulfilled related to stories of the deity. Never every ignore Brihaspati God even unknowingly. And even ignoring Brihaspati God loses his peace of mind and all his happiness, so everyone should make sure to take Prasad after listening to the sacred stories and then depart. Remember him in the heart and wish him victory.
