वपनं द्रविणादानं स्थानान्निर्यापणं तथा । एष हि ब्रह्मबन्धूनां वधो नान्योऽस्ति दैहिक: ॥ ५७ ॥
vapanam dravinadanam sthanan niryapanam tatha esa hi brahma-bandhunam vadho nanyo ’sti daihikah
- vapanam
- cleaving the hairs from the head
- dravina
- wealth
- adanam
- forfeiting
- sthanat
- from the residence
- niryapanam
- driving away
- tatha
- also
- esah
- all these
- hi
- certainly
- brahma-bandhunam
- of the relatives of a brahmana
- vadhah
- killing
- na
- not
- anyah
- any other method
- asti
- there is
- daihikah
- in the matter of the body.
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 brahmana. There is no injunction for killing the body.