bṛhaspati cālīsā

A Hindi chalisa to Brihaspati which is more precise about him than most chalisas are about anyone. The opening verses fit him out completely — a golden staff and the gesture of blessing, a bowl and a rosary in four hands, a golden house, a golden chariot drawn by pale horses, a gold crown and yellow cloth, Angiras for a father. The middle gives the episodes he is actually known for: the hard austerity performed at Prabhasa and Shankara's boon that made him teacher of the gods and lord of a planet; his guarding of the gods' sacrifices with mantras when the demons came to destroy them; and Indra's causeless insult to him, after which he withdrew, Vishvarupa was made teacher in his place, and heaven passed to the demons until Indra begged pardon. It ends with the Thursday gifts, listed by name.