Jupiter in Vedic Scriptures🔗

A had sons. One day, sādhūs (holy mendicants) came begging for alms, but the wives of these turned them away empty handed. Jupiter became angry with them, and as a result the prosperity of the kingdom diminished.

The youngest wife visited a sage to ask for a solution to this problem. The sage advised her to fast on Thursdays and to give alms to spiritual people. The master also suggested that if the husband of any one of the wives were to go to a foreign country, the wife should create two human figures and place them behind her door, which would ensure the safe return of her husband.

The youngest wife did so, as her husband was gone on a tour to a foreign country.

The other six sons were also gone on a tour to a neighboring country. The youngest wife did the ritual, as instructed by the sage. Her husband was in a country where the king had died. The king had no son. In order to find a suitable successor, a garland was put on the tusk of a female elephant and whosoever was garlanded by the elephant would be king. The elephant put the garland on the youngest son's neck. He became king.

The youngest wife's spiritual discipline brought prosperity to the kingdom.

The other six wives also had a change of heart and began to do Vara Pūja (ritual worship of Jupiter) on Thursdays for Jupiter to bless their families and kingdom as well.