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# The Law Code of Devala 33

Devalasmṛti (another edition) 33

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*alt.33)

saṃlāpasparśaniḥśvāsasahayānāsanāśanāt  
yājanādhyāpanādyaunātpāpaṃ saṃkramate nṛṇām

> Through conversation, touch, breath, traveling together, sitting together, and eating together, / through officiating at sacrifices, teaching, and marital alliance, sin is transferred among men.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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