The Law Code of Devala 1.19: Kṛtyakalpataru · Gṛhastharatnākara
Devalasmṛti (fragments) 1.19
- Language
- Sanskrit
1.19
pitaraṃ bhrātaraṃ putraṃ putrikāṃ bhaginīṃ snuṣām | na tyajed dveṣalobhābhyāṃ dārān apatitān api || mātṛtyāgo hi śāstreṣu nopadiṣṭaḥ kathaṃcana | patitā vābhiśastā vā mātā na tyāgam arhati
Having approached Devala, best of sages, / who was seated comfortably on the bank of the Indus, all the sages spoke these words:
One should not, from hatred or greed, abandon father, brother, son, daughter, sister, daughter-in-law, or a wife who has not fallen. The abandonment of a mother is nowhere taught in the treatises: even fallen or accused, a mother does not deserve to be abandoned.
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Linked texts (2)
- Kṛtyakalpataru — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Gṛhastharatnākara — Caṇḍeśvara, Sanskrit