मौण्ड्यं प्राणान्तिकं दण्डो ब्राह्मणस्य विधीयते) । [म्प्राणान्तको][ंऽस् चोम् रेफ़ेर्स् तो थे रेअदिन्ग् ओफ़् "प्राणान्तिक-"।] इतरेषां तु वर्णानां दण्डः प्राणान्तिको भवेत्) ॥ [म्प्राणान्तको ]
mauṇḍyaṃ prāṇāntikaṃ daṇḍo brāhmaṇasya vidhīyate) | [M.prāṇāntako][ṃ's com refers to the reading of "prāṇāntika-".] itareṣāṃ tu varṇānāṃ daṇḍaḥ prāṇāntiko bhavet) || [M.prāṇāntako ]
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
Tonsure (of the head) is ordained for a Brāhmaṇa (instead of) capital punishment; but (men of) other castes shall suffer capital punishment.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.