The festival of Rishi Panchami is considered special for the worship of these seven sages of our mythological sage-Muni Vashishta, Kashyap, Vishwamitra, Atri, Jamadagni, Gautam, and Bharadwaj.
Expansion Rishi Panchami
The festival of Rishi Panchami dedicated to sages is celebrated on Bhadrapada Shukla Paksha Panchami Tithi and the fast observed on this day is called Rishi Panchami Vrat. According to Brahma Purana, women of all four castes should observe this fast on this day.
That's why do this fast- Rishi Panchami
This fast is done as an atonement for the touch and other sins committed by the body in the unclean state. When women unknowingly or unknowingly do worship, household chores, touches their husbands, etc., their sins are destroyed by this fast. This day is considered special for the worship of these seven sages of our mythological sage-Muni Vashishta, Kashyap, Vishwamitra, Atri, Jamadagni, Gautam, and Bharadwaj.
Law of fasting Rishi Panchami
Those who observe this fast should take a bath in the morning of the river or at home with the apamarga's teeth and apply soil on the body and then purify the place of worship. Now make a mandala with the colors of Rangoli, fill barley in a clay or copper vessel and take a vow at the beginning of the fast by placing clothes, Pancharatna, flowers, scent, and Akshat etc. on it. Bhardwaj, Vishwamitra, Gautam, Jamadagni and Vashistha should worship the seven sages and Goddess Arundhati. After this these sages should be worshiped according to the law. On this day people usually eat curd and sathi rice, the use of salt is prohibited. In this fast, all the things produced from the field plowed with a plow are considered taboo, so the things of the plowed field should not be eaten even in the form of fruit food.
Mythology- Rishi Panchami
In Satyuga, a Brahmin named Sumitra, who knew Vedas and Vedanga, lived with his wife Jayashree. They made their living by farming. His son's name was Sumati, who was a complete pandit and hospitable. In due course of time, both of them died at the same time. Jayshree got the birth of a bitch and her husband Sumitra became a bull. Fortunately, both of them started living in the house of their son Sumati. Once Sumati performed Shradh for her parents. His wife cooked kheer for Brahmin food, which was unknowingly crushed by a snake. The bitch was watching this incident. Thinking that Brahmins who eat kheer would die, he touched the kheer himself. Angered at this, Sumati's woman beat up the bitch a lot. He then cleaned all the utensils and made Kheer again and fed the Brahmins and buried his leftovers in the ground. Because of this the bitch remained hungry that day. When it was midnight, the bitch came to the bull and narrated the whole story. The bull was sad and said- 'Today Sumati used to plow me in the plow with her mouth tied and did not even let the grass graze. This is causing great pain to me too.' Sumati was listening to both of them and she came to know that the bitch and the bull are our parents. He fed both of them with food and went to the sages and asked the reason for the birth of the parents in the animal vagina and the remedy for their welfare. The sages asked to observe the fast of Rishi Panchami for their salvation. According to the orders of the sages, Sumati performed the fast of Rishi Panchami with devotion, due to which her parents were freed from the animal vagina.
