Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 1.7.57
Manvantara· The Manus and right dutyPunishment Within Prescribed Limits
“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.”
What the purport teaches
- Cutting the hair from the head is a prescribed punishment for the relative of a brāhmaṇa.
- Depriving him of wealth and driving him from his residence are also prescribed punishments.
- The verse states that there is no injunction for killing his body. The prescribed punishment therefore has a clear limit.
Try this today
Before correcting someone today, pause to make sure your response does not go beyond what is appropriate.
Ask yourself
When responding to wrongdoing, do I respect limits rather than let anger decide the punishment?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points, practice and question are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport. Read the full purport to go deeper.