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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.7.57
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 57
- vapanaṁ draviṇādānaṁ
- sthānān niryāpaṇaṁ tathā
- eṣa hi brahma-bandhūnāṁ
- vadho nānyo 'sti daihikaḥ
vapanamcleaving the hairs from the head — cleaving the hairs from the head; draviṇawealth — wealth; adānamforfeiting — forfeiting; sthānātfrom the residence — from the residence; niryāpaṇamdriving away — driving away; tathāalso — also; eṣaḥall these — all these; hicertainly — certainly; brahmaof the relatives of a brāhmaṇa-bandhūnāmof the relatives of a brāhmaṇa — of the relatives of a brāhmaṇa; vadhaḥkilling — killing; nanot — not; anyaḥany other method — any other method; astithere is — there is; daihikaḥin the matter of the body — 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 brāhmaṇa. There is no injunction for killing the body.