Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.7.57

vapanaḿ draviṇādānaḿ

sthānān niryāpaṇaḿ tathā

eṣa hi brahma-bandhūnāḿ

vadho nānyo 'sti daihikaḥ

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

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.

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