[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) › 1.6 # The Law Code of Devala 1.6: Kṛtyakalpataru · Madanapārijāta · Smṛtiratnākara +4 Devalasmṛti (fragments) 1.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.1.6) bhojane dantalagnāni nirhṛtyācamanaṃ caret | dantalagnam asaṃhāryaṃ lepaṃ manyeta dantavat || na tatra bahuśaḥ kuryād yatnam uddharaṇe punaḥ | bhavec cāśaucam atyantaṃ tṛṇavedhād vraṇe kṛte > 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) > After eating he should remove what sticks to the teeth and then sip water; what sticks to the teeth and cannot be removed he should regard like the teeth themselves. He should not try too often to remove it, for if a wound is made by pricking with a straw there is great impurity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.1.5) - [Next: 1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.1.7) - [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.1.6) — English, machine translation - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (7) - [Mahānibandha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha) - [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.1.p509) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Ācārasāra (Gadādhara)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.acarasara-gadadhara.1.p121) — Gadādhara (Pāraskara commentator), Sanskrit - [Śuddhikaumudī (Govindānanda Kavikaṅkaṇācārya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.asauca.suddhi.suddhikaumudi.5.p270) — Govindānanda Kavikaṅkaṇācārya 1510, Sanskrit - [Madanapārijāta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.madanaparijata.5.p3.4) — Viśveśvarabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Smṛtiratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.smrtiratnakara.2.p11.1) — Veṅkaṭanātha, Sanskrit - [Cakranārāyaṇīyanibandha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.cakranarayaniyanibandha.2.p74) — Viśvambharatrivedin 1600, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.1.6) · Pramāṇa