[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) › 1.9 # The Law Code of Devala 1.9: Madanapārijāta · Smṛtiratnākara · Ācārasāra (Gadādhara) +2 Devalasmṛti (fragments) 1.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.1.9) saṃspṛśyāśucisaṃspṛṣṭaṃ dvitīyaṃ vāpi mānavaḥ | hastau pādau ca toyena prakṣālyācamya śudhyati > 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 man who touches one who has touched an impure person, or a second (in the chain), is purified by washing hands and feet with water and sipping. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.1.8) - [Next: 1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.1.10) - [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.1.9) — English, machine translation - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (5) - [Nityācārapradīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.nityacarapradipa.5.p17) — Narasiṃha Vājapeyin, Sanskrit - [Ācārasāra (Gadādhara)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.acarasara-gadadhara.8.p109) — Gadādhara (Pāraskara commentator), Sanskrit - [Vidhānapārijāta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.vidhanaparijata.2.p72) — Ananta Bhaṭṭa 1600, Sanskrit - [Madanapārijāta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.madanaparijata.3.p4.7) — Viśveśvarabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Smṛtiratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.smrtiratnakara.2.p28.3) — Veṅkaṭanātha, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.1.9) · Pramāṇa