Bṛhaspatisava
Bṛhaspatisava · bṛhaspati-sava, “the soma-rite of Bṛhaspati”
Grammar: masculine noun; a compound of bṛhaspati (Bṛhaspati, the guru of the devas) and sava (a soma-pressing, a yāga): “the yāga of Bṛhaspati”.
Meaning: a Vaidika yāga, a great yajña with soma; the Bhāgavata Purāṇa names it twice.
In the scriptures:
Daksha‘s yajña. Maitreya tells Vidura that when Brahmā had consecrated Daksha as head of all the Prajāpatis, pride arose in him. He performed the Vājapeya yāga, insulted those devoted to Brahman, and after the Vājapeya began the yajña called Bṛhaspatisava. Brahmarshis, devarshis and all the pitṛ-devatās with their wives came to it, completed the auspicious rites and were honoured (Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 4, Chapter 3). In Daksha’s yajña-śālā the sound of the Vedas reached the sky; between the homas learned men held śāstra debates; devatās of every kind, knowers of the Veda and maharshis attended, and it was full of vessels of clay, wood, iron, gold, darbha and hide. There Devī Satī entered, and there no havirbhāga, no share of the offering, was given to Rudra (Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 4, Chapter 4). When Bhagavān Śiva’s followers came against that yajña, thousands of great evil omens arose on earth and in the sky (Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 4, Chapter 5).
In Vraja. When the gopa boys were hungry, Śrī Kṛshṇa sent them to the yajña enclosure nearby: “There brāhmaṇas who know the Vedas are performing the yāga called Bṛhaspatisava, desiring to attain svarga. Go there, sent by the two of us; say the name of Balarāma and my name, and ask for food.” Their yāga is also called a sattra-yāga (Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 10, Chapter 23).
Related terms: Yajña · Yāga · Vājapeya · Sattra · Bṛhaspati
Sources
- Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 4, Chapters 3–5; Skandha 10, Chapter 23