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The Law Code of Devala 1.20: Mitākṣarā (Ṛjumitākṣarā) · Smṛtiratnākara · Bhagavantabhāskara

Devalasmṛti (fragments) 1.20

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Sanskrit

1.20

dvividho gṛhastho yāyāvaraḥ śālīnaś ca | tayor yāyāvaraḥ pravaro yājanādhyāpanapratigraharikthasaṃcayavarjanāt | ṣaṭkarmādhiṣṭhitaḥ preṣyacatuṣpadagṛhagrāmadhanadhānyayukto lokānuvartī śālīnaḥ

Having approached Devala, best of sages, / who was seated comfortably on the bank of the Indus, all the sages spoke these words:

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The householder is of two kinds, the wanderer and the settled; of these the wanderer is superior, because he avoids officiating, teaching, accepting gifts and hoarding wealth; the settled one keeps to the six works, has servants, cattle, a house, village, wealth and grain, and follows the world.

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