[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) › 1.4 # The Law Code of Devala 1.4: Madanapārijāta · Ācāra · Gṛhastharatnākara +5 Devalasmṛti (fragments) 1.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.1.4) dharmavid dakṣiṇaṃ hastam adhaḥśauce na yojayet | tathā ca vāmahastena nābher ūrdhvaṃ na śodhayet > 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) > One who knows dharma should not use the right hand for cleaning below, nor clean above the navel with the left hand. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.1.3) - [Next: 1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.1.5) - [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.1.4) — English, machine translation - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (9) - [Ācāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara) - [Bhagavantabhāskara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.bhagavantabhaskara.10.p4) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita 1625, Sanskrit - [Gṛhastharatnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.grhastharatnakara.10.p3) — Caṇḍeśvara, Sanskrit - [Anūpavilāsa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.anupavilasa.8.8) — Maṇirāma 1665, Sanskrit - [Śuddhikaumudī (Govindānanda Kavikaṅkaṇācārya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.asauca.suddhi.suddhikaumudi.5.p229) — Govindānanda Kavikaṅkaṇācārya 1510, Sanskrit - [Āhnikaprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.ahnikaprakasa.1.p100) — Mitramiśra, Sanskrit - [Madanapārijāta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.madanaparijata.2.p1.3) — Viśveśvarabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Śūdrācāraśiromaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.sudradharma.sudracarasiromani.2.p12) — Kṛṣṇaśeṣa 1520, Sanskrit - [Ācārendu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.acarendu.2.p16) — Tryambaka Māṭe 1813, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.1.4) · Pramāṇa