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Observe A Thursday Fast To Become Prosperous
Observe Thursday Fast To Become Prosperous
In the Hindu mythology, every day is dedicated to one God. Thursday is the day when Lord Brihaspati is worshiped. Guru, or Brihaspati, is the Indian name of the planet Jupiter. Lord Brihaspati is the lord of Jupiter.
According to the Hindu scriptures, to begin a fast, Shukla Paksh of the month, that is the brighter half, is the considered the best. This Thursday is the first Thursday of Shukla Paksh, you can start Thursday fasting from this one.
Thursday fasting is prescribed mainly for the ladies. Observing a fast on this day brings wealth and prosperity.
Here is the procedure given for a Thursday fasting
Puja Vidhi
Lord Brihaspati is worshiped on a Thursday fast. He is the lord of planet Jupiter. He is also the incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Therefore, the puja has to be performed before the idol of Lord Vishnu and Lord Brahaspati.
The devotee must get up early before sunrise and take a bath. One must not wash hair or clothes on this day. Prepare a puja tray. Keep a dhoop, deep, gram dal, besan sweet, and banana in it.
Eating has to be done only once during the day. One must abstain from eating salt in any form. Only yellow foods such as those made of gram dal or gram flour should be eaten. This should not contain salt.
Vrat Katha For Thursday Fasting
Once there was a a wealthy family. They had all the luxuries of life, however, the lady did not like donating and giving away even a coin. Once a sage came to her and asked for alms, but the lady was too occupied in her household chores that she paid no attention and told the sage to come some other day. The sage went away, and came another day.
He
again
asked
for
alms
but
the
lady
said
that
she
was
serving
food
to
her
son
and
therefore
had
no
time.
She
again
asked
him
to
come
some
other
day.
The
sage
again
went
off
and
came
the
third
time.
This
time
too
the
lady
was
busy.
So
the
sage
asked
her
how
it
would
be
if
she
got
a
permanent
leave
from
her
busy
life.
The
lady
said
it
would
be
a
good
news
to
her
if
it
so
happens.
Hearing this, the sage gave her a list of instructions on performing of which she would get lots of free time. The instructions were as follows: get up after the sunrise and do not take a bath, do not wear yellow clothes, wash your hair on a Thursday, do not sweep the floor with yellow soil, ask the men in the house to get a haircut on a Thursday and wash clothes also on a Thursday. He told her to light the lamp before the deity only after the sun has set, and keep the cooked food behind the kitchen.
The lady followed the set of instructions and only a few weeks had passed that all her wealth was gone and there was no food in the house to eat.
After a few days, the sage came again and asked for alms. The lady had a lot of time but nothing to offer to the sage. Since now she had nothing to offer, she realized her mistake and asked for forgiveness.
The
lady
also
asked
for
the
remedy
that
would
also
get
her
wealth
and
prosperous
days
back.
As
answer
the
sage
told
her
to
get
up
early
on
a
Thursday,
wipe
the
floor
with
yellow
soil
and
cow
dung,
and
light
a
lamp
before
the
God
right
at
the
time
of
sunset
and
not
later
than
that.
Wear
yellow
clothes.
He also mentioned that the men in the house must not shave or get a haircut on this day. Also, the ladies should not wash their hair.
It had been only a few Thursdays since she started following the sage's orders that all her wealth started coming back to her and very soon the days of prosperity returned for them.
Story Two
While
in
the
heaven
Lord
Indra
had
organized
a
meeting
in
his
court.
All
the
divine
Gods
and
sages
were
present
there.
When
Lord
Brihaspati
came,
everybody
stood
in
his
respect
but
Lord
Indra
did
not
get
up.
Though
he
respected
him
a
lot.
But
lord
Brihaspati
felt
humiliated
by
this
and
went
back
without
attending
the
meeting.
Lord
Indra
repented
and
went
to
seek
pardon
from
Brihaspati
Dev.
But
all
in
vain.
Brihaspati
ji,
knowing
that
Indra
was
going
to
come,
disappeared
from
there
as
well.
The head of the Asuras, Vrishvarma, who was clever enough tried to benefit out of the situation. He became powerful and started defeating Indra Dev. Indra Dev, confused with all this, approached Lord Brahma for help. Brahma Ji then advised him that he should accept a Brahmin son as his guru, as Lord Brihaspati was not there to support them. There was a Brahmin son, Vishvaroopa. Indra Dev made him his guru.
The
demons
came
to
know
about
this
also,
and
they
tried
to
deceive
Vishvaroopa
Brahmin
while
he
was
performing
a
yagna.
Due
to
all
this,
the
gods
were
not
benefited
with
the
holy
yagna.
Finally,
when
Lord
Indra
had
no
other
option,
Brahma
ji
came
to
him
accompanying
Lord
Brihaspati.
It
was
only
then
that
Lord
Brihaspati
finally
forgave
Indra
Dev
and
rescued
them
from
the
situation.
And
peace
was
restored
in
the
heaven.
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