भृग्वाङ्गिरसकृत्साद्या वसिष्ठश्च सकाश्यपः। धर्मपाठकमुख्याश्च सचिवा नैगमास्तधा॥ एते चान्ये च बहवः पण्डितास्तत्र संगताः। अबध्यो ब्राह्मणो दण्डैरिति शास्त्रविदो विदुः॥
bhṛgvāṅgirasakṛtsādyā vasiṣṭhaśca sakāśyapaḥ| dharmapāṭhakamukhyāśca sacivā naigamāstadhā|| ete cānye ca bahavaḥ paṇḍitāstatra saṃgatāḥ| abadhyo brāhmaṇo daṇḍairiti śāstravido viduḥ||
English Meaning
Thereat, Bhrgu, Angiras, Kutsa, Vasistha, Káshya and other ascetic, the leading preachers, the ministers, the citizens, and other sages conversant with Sastras present there, said:-“A Brahmana should not be punished with death.”
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)