[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Minor extant smṛtis](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti) › [Devalasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala) › [The old Devala law-book — fragments](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments) › 1.12 # The Law Code of Devala 1.12: Kṛtyakalpataru · Madanapārijāta · Mahānibandha +2 Devalasmṛti (fragments) 1.12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.1.12) avigandhā rasopetā nirmalāḥ pṛthivīgatāḥ | akṣīṇāś caiva goḥ pānād āpaḥ śuddhatarāḥ smṛtāḥ || uddhṛtā vā praśasyante śuddhaiḥ pātrair yathāvidhi | ekarātroṣitās tās tu tyajed āpaḥ samuddhṛtāḥ > Having approached Devala, best of sages, / who was seated comfortably on the bank of the Indus, all the sages spoke these words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > Water on the ground that does not smell, has taste, is clear and is not exhausted by a cow's drinking is held the purest; or water drawn duly in pure vessels is praised; but water drawn and kept overnight one should throw away. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.1.11) - [Next: 1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.1.13) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.1) ## Translations (2) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments~en-mt.1.12) — English, machine translation - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (5) - [Mahānibandha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha) - [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.21.p919) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Madanapārijāta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.madanaparijata.9.3-2.p1.13) — Viśveśvarabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Cakranārāyaṇīyanibandha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.cakranarayaniyanibandha.2.p29) — Viśvambharatrivedin 1600, Sanskrit - [Ācārendu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.acarendu.1.p43) — Tryambaka Māṭe 1813, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.1.12) · Pramāṇa