Responde to Corporal Pubishment in Manusmriti

Here is the relevant verse: Manu 8.299: "bhāryā putraśca dāsaśca preṣyo bhrātrā ca saudaraḥ | prāptāparādhāstāḍyāḥ syū rajjvā veṇudalena vā || 299 ||" "The wife, son, slave, servent, (younger) uterine brother who have obtained offence (i.e.e commited offence) may be strikable by rope or by a bamboo-bark " I don’t even need to do much with this. This verse occurs in the section related to assault. This means that this verse is pertaining to **Vyavahara** not **Acara** or **Prayaschitta**. Vyaavahara injunctions is at its core not based on the Vedas, the way Achara and Prayaschitta are. Rather Vyavahara is based logic and the contemporary society. As such it can be rejected without hesitation. We would without any mental gymnastics reject this verse as immoral because it being Vyavahara it does relate to heaven or hell, which would require us to take refuge in the sage’s ability to perceive Dharma.