[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) › 2.2 # The Law Code of Devala 2.2: Kṛtyakalpataru · Ācāra · Ācārasāra (Gadādhara) +2 Devalasmṛti (fragments) 2.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.2.2) na bījān samupabhuñjīta rogāpattim ṛte budhaḥ | phalāny eṣām anantāni bījānāṃ hi vināśayet || nāśnīyāt payasā naktaṃ bhuktaṃ cen na svapen niśi | na kṣīram utsṛjet prāptaṃ pavitraṃ hi payaḥ smṛtam > “Revered sir, how indeed may Brahmins, Kṣatriyas, / Vaiśyas, and Śūdras in order attain purification when carried off by Mlecchas? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > A wise man should not eat seeds except in illness, for he destroys their endless fruits. He should not take food with milk at night, nor, having eaten (it), sleep at night; he should not reject milk offered, for milk is held pure. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.2.1) - [Next: 2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.2.3) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.2) ## Translations (2) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments~en-mt.2.2) — English, machine translation - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.2) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (6) - [Ācāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara) - [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.5.p425) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Gṛhastharatnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.grhastharatnakara.22.p19) — Caṇḍeśvara, Sanskrit - [Anūpavilāsa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.anupavilasa.20.63-2) — Maṇirāma 1665, Sanskrit - [Ācārasāra (Gadādhara)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.acarasara-gadadhara.10.p119) — Gadādhara (Pāraskara commentator), Sanskrit - [Āhnikaprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.ahnikaprakasa.11.p145) — Mitramiśra, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.2.2) · Pramāṇa