The Law Code of Devala 1.22: Kṛtyakalpataru · Gṛhastharatnākara · Varṣakriyākaumudī +1
Devalasmṛti (fragments) 1.22
- Language
- Sanskrit
1.22
cikitsāṃ jyotiṣaṃ rūpaṃ śakaṭaṃ tilapīḍanam | surāṃ tulāṃ ca nājīvet putrācāryatvam eva ca || lākṣāmāñjiṣṭhamāṃsāni madhulohaviṣāṇi ca | ajīvan vṛṣalo 'py āryaḥ karmaṇā tena varjitaḥ
Having approached Devala, best of sages, / who was seated comfortably on the bank of the Indus, all the sages spoke these words:
He should not live by medicine, astrology, acting, carting, oil-pressing, liquor, scales, or by being his son's teacher; nor by lac, madder, meat, honey, metal or poison; by such work even an Ārya becomes a Vṛṣala.
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Linked texts (4)
- Kṛtyakalpataru — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Gṛhastharatnākara — Caṇḍeśvara, Sanskrit
- Varṣakriyākaumudī — Govindānanda Kavikaṅkaṇa 1510, Sanskrit
- Kriyākaumudī (Govindānanda) — Govindānanda 1500, Sanskrit