Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 57


Sanskrit:

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

ITRANS:

vapanaṁ draviṇādānaṁsthānān niryāpaṇaṁ tathāeṣa hi brahma-bandhūnāṁvadho nānyo ’sti daihikaḥ

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.

Purport: