The chastisement should be meted to the Brahmanas by words only; to the Kshatriyas, by giving them only that much of food as would suffice for the up-keep of life; to the Vaishyas, by the imposition of fines and forfeitures of property, while for the Sudras there is no punishment.
वाचा दण्डो ब्राह्मणानां क्षत्रियाणां भुजार्पणम्। दानदण्डाः स्मृता वैश्या निर्दण्डः शूद्र उच्यते॥