[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) › 1.8 # The Law Code of Devala 1.8: Smṛticandrikā · Ācārabhūṣaṇa · Ācāra +3 Devalasmṛti (fragments) 1.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.1.8) svayaṃ dhautena kartavyā kriyā dharmyā vipaścitā | na tu nejakadhautena nāhatena ca karhicit > 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) > A wise man should perform a religious rite in a garment washed by himself, never in one washed by a washerman, nor in an unwashed new one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.1.7) - [Next: 1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.1.9) - [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.1.8) — English, machine translation - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (6) - [Ācāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara) - [Smṛticandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrticandrika.38.p67) — Devaṇṇabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Bhagavantabhāskara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.bhagavantabhaskara.13.p3) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita 1625, Sanskrit - [Anūpavilāsa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.anupavilasa.16.260-2) — Maṇirāma 1665, Sanskrit - [Ācārabhūṣaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.acarabhusana.12.p1.6) — Tryambaka rāma oka 1794, Sanskrit - [Ācārendu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.acarendu.5.p1) — Tryambaka Māṭe 1813, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.1.8) · Pramāṇa