वपनं द्रविणादानं स्थानान्निर्यापणं तथा ।
एष हि ब्रह्मबन्धूनां वधो नान्योऽस्ति दैहिकः ॥५७॥

vapanaṁ draviṇādānaṁ
sthānān niryāpaṇaṁ tathā
eṣa hi brahma-bandhūnāṁ
vadho nānyo 'sti daihikaḥ

1 times this text was mentioned in purports to other texts: CC(1)

 vapanam - cleaving the hairs from the head; draviṇa - wealth; adānam - forfeiting; sthānāt - from the residence; niryāpaṇam - driving away; tathā - also; eṣaḥ - all these; hi - certainly; brahma-bandhūnām - of the relatives of a brāhmaṇa; vadhaḥ - killing; na - not; anyaḥ - any other method; asti - there is; daihikaḥ - in the matter of the body.


Text

Cutting the hair from his head, depriving him of his wealth and driving him from his residence are the prescribed punishments for the relative of a brāhmaṇa. There is no injunction for killing the body.

Purport