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Budhavāra Vrata 2020
The Wednesday vrata of Budha: begun on a Wednesday with Viśākhā, seven naktas
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Budhavāra Vrata
Budhavara Vrata (बुधवार व्रत) is the Wednesday vrata of Budha, the son of Soma, for removing the ill effects of Budha. The Vratraj gives it, as its editor added it, from the Jayasimha Kalpadruma: it is begun on a Wednesday with Vishakha nakshatra and kept for seven naktas.
How to keep the vrata
- Place a gold image of Budha in a bronze vessel, cover it with two white cloths, and offer a white garland and white unguent.
- Give rice cooked with jaggery (guda-odana) to a Brahmana, praying: बुध त्वं बोधजनको बोधदः सर्वदा नृणाम्।
- Offer homa with ghee and sesame with Budha's mantra, 108 or 28 samidhs dipped in honey, ghee and curd.
When to eat
- Nakta: one meal at night, on each of the seven days. The meal is taken in Pradosha; each day's Pradosha time is shown with the dates above.
विशाखासु बुधं गृह्य सप्त नक्तान्यथाचरेत्।
viśākhāsu budhaṃ gṛhya sapta naktāny athācaret.
"Taking up (the vrata of) Budha on Vishakha, keep seven naktas."
Jayasimha Kalpadruma, Budha Vrata (Vratraj, editor's addition)
बुध त्वं बोधजनको बोधदः सर्वदा नृणाम्। तत्त्वावबोधं कुरु ते सोमपुत्र नमो नमः॥
budha tvaṃ bodhajanako bodhadaḥ sarvadā nṛṇām, tattvāvabodhaṃ kuru te somaputra namo namaḥ.
"O Budha, you give rise to understanding and always grant it to men; grant the knowledge of truth; O son of Soma, salutations to you."
Prayer of the Budha Vrata (Vratraj)
उद्बुध्यस्वाग्ने प्रति जागृहि त्वमिष्टापूर्ते सं सृजेथामयं च।
udbudhyasvāgne prati jāgṛhi tvam iṣṭāpūrte saṃ sṛjethām ayaṃ ca.
"Awake, O Agni, be watchful; may you and this (sacrificer) bring together the rites and the good works."
Shukla Yajurveda 15.54; the Vedic mantra of Budha in this vrata
Tradition & Practice
Jayasimha Kalpadruma
Added to the Vratraj by its editor from the Kalpadruma; to be kept when Budha afflicts.
Vishakha Wednesday
It is begun on a Wednesday that has Vishakha nakshatra.
Seven naktas
Kept for seven days with one meal at night.
Fruit
Lakshmi, contentment, strength and radiance, and the ill effects of Budha removed.
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