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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.7.57

వపనం ద్రవిణాదానం స్థానాన్నిర్యాపణం తథా । ఏష హి బ్రహ్మబన్ధూనాం వధో నాన్యోఽస్తి దైహిక: ॥ ౫౭ ॥
vapanaṁ draviṇādānaṁ
[vapanam dravinaadaanam]
sthānān niryāpaṇaṁ tathā
[sthaanaan niryaapanam tathaa]
eṣa hi brahma-bandhūnāṁ
[esha hi brahma-bandhoonaam]
vadho nānyo ’sti daihikaḥ
[vadho naanyo ’sti daihikah]
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.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
vapanaṁ draviṇādānaṁ
vapanam
cleaving the hairs from the head
draviṇa
wealth
adānam
forfeiting
sthānān niryāpaṇaṁ tathā
sthānāt
from the residence
niryāpaṇam
driving away
tathā
also
eṣa hi brahma-bandhūnāṁ
eṣaḥ
all these
hi
certainly
brahma-bandhūnām
of the relatives of a brāhmaṇa
vadho nānyo ’sti daihikaḥ
vadhaḥ
killing
na
not
anyaḥ
any other method
asti
there is
daihikaḥ
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.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The method of killing the fallen brāhmaṇa is by shaving his head, taking away his wealth, and taking away his living place. One should not physically kill him.
Commentary

One should execute dharma according to the scriptures as the verse indicates.

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