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This is an oversight error on part of translator N.A. Deshpande ji. It should read husband can flog/span wife, not the other way around.
The verse in question is
गुरुश्च ताडयेच्छिष्यं ततः सिध्यंति नान्यथा ।
भार्यां च ताडयेत्कांत अमात्यं नृपतिस्तथा ॥ ५४ ॥
guruśca tāḍayecchiṣyaṃ tataḥ sidhyaṃti nānyathā |
bhāryāṃ ca tāḍayetkāṃta amātyaṃ nṛpatistathā || 54 |...
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