Brahma Vaivarta Purana Chapter 7:21-30

Brahma Vaivarta Purana

Sri Krsna-janma-khanda

The Birth of Lord Krsna

Chapter 7: Verse 21-30

ENGLISH TRANSLATION 21.If somehow he kills a ferocious beast that is attacking him, a wise man gives in charity coins equal to one karsapana. In this way, at the moment of his death, he is released from the sin of killing the beast. 22.In he kills an animal that is not attacking him, then, in order at the time of his death to be released from the sin, a wise man should perform an atonement a hundred times greater than the previous one. This is said by the demigod Brahma. 23.If without provocation he kills a higher animal, such as a goat, then the sin is a hundred times greater. Manu has said this. 24.-26.If he kills a human being that is a mleccha, the sin is a hundred times grater than killing a higher animal. If he kills a pious sudra, the sin is a hundred times greater than killing a mleccha. If he kills a cow the sin is a hundred times greater than killing a pious sudra. If he kills a brahmana the sin is ten time greater than killing a cow. 27.By killing a woman one commits a sin equal to killing a brahmana. 28.O king, if one kills his own sister, who has taken shelter of him and deserves to be protected by him, he commits a sin a hundred times greater than killing a woman. 29.A person performs austerities, chants mantras, performs worship, sees holy places, feeds brahmanas, and performs yajnas in order that he may go to Svargaloka. 30.The saintly devotees see that this fearful material life is temporary like a dream or like bubbles in water. Therefore they always follow the principles of religion.