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# The Law Code of Devala 80

Devalasmṛti (another edition) 80

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*alt.80)

yatkiṃcidduṣkṛtaṃ tasya sarvaṃ naśyati dehinaḥ  
pañca saptāṣṭa daśa vā dvādaśāho'pi viṃśatiḥ  
mlecchairnītasya viprasya pañcagavyaṃ viśodhanam

> whatever misdeed belongs to that embodied being, all of it perishes. / For a Brahmin carried away by Mlecchas for five, seven, eight, ten, twelve days, or twenty, / the five products of the cow are the purification.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.80) — English, machine translation

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- [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.33.80) — Sanskrit

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