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

vapanaá¹ draviṇÄdÄnaá¹
sthÄnÄn niryÄpaṇaá¹ tathÄ
eá¹£a hi brahma-bandhÅ«nÄá¹
vadho nÄnyo 'sti daihikaḥ

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

 vapanam - cleaving the hairs from the head; draviṇa - wealth; adÄnam - forfeiting; sthÄnÄt - from the residence; niryÄpaṇam - driving away; tathÄ - also; eá¹£aḥ - all these; hi - certainly; brahma-bandhÅ«nÄm - of the relatives of a brÄhmaṇa; 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 brÄhmaṇa. There is no injunction for killing the body.

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