Brahma Vaivarta Purana Chapter 8:81-86

Brahma Vaivarta Purana

Sri Janmastami-vrata-pujopavasa-nirupana

Vows, Worship, and Fasting on Sri Janmastami

Chapter 8: Verse 81-86

ENGLISH TRANSLATION 81.Then he becomes a snake for seven births and then a row for seven births. Then he takes birth as a human being, where he is unable to speak and where he becomes a leper, always suffering. 82.Then he becomes a butcher and then a hunter of wild beasts. At the end he becomes a thief and a murderer, a man with no scruples. 83.Then he becomes a washerman, then an oil-merchant, and then a professional brahmana, always impure at heart. 84.If one is unable to fast he should feed a brahmana and give him charity equal to twice the value of the food. 85.Or, he should chant mantras to Goddess Laksmi a thousand times, or he should practice pranayama twelve times. 86.Thus I have described, as I heard it from Yamaraja’s mouth, the fasting, vows and worship performed on Janmastami.