Vedic Mythology c5.s3.t3.9

c5.s3.t3.9

Bṛhaspati favours the man who offers prayer (2, 25¹) but scourges the hater of prayer (2, 23⁴). He protects the pious man from all dangers and calamities, from curse and malignity, and blesses him with wealth and prosperity (1, 18³; 2, 23⁴⁻¹⁰). Possessed of all desirable things (7, 10⁴. 97⁴), he is opulent, a procurer of wealth, and an increaser of prosperity (1, 18²). He is a prolonger of life and a remover of disease (1, 18²). Having such benevolent traits he is called a father (4, 50⁶; 6, 73¹).