[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) › 2.6 # The Law Code of Devala 2.6: Kṛtyakalpataru · Śūdrakamalākara · Smṛtiviveka Devalasmṛti (fragments) 2.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.2.6) svadāso nāpito gopaḥ kumbhakāraḥ kṛṣīvalaḥ | brāhmaṇair api bhojyānnāḥ pañcaite śūdrayonayaḥ > “Revered sir, how indeed may Brahmins, Kṣatriyas, / Vaiśyas, and Śūdras in order attain purification when carried off by Mlecchas? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > One's own slave, the barber, the cowherd, the potter and the ploughman: these five of Śūdra birth are men whose food even Brahmins may eat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.2.5) - [Next: 2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.2.7) - [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.2.6) — English, machine translation - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.2) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.5.p357) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Smṛticandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrticandrika.13.p37) — Devaṇṇabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Śūdrakamalākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.jati.sudrakamalakara.60.1-6) — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Smṛtiviveka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrtiviveka.8.2-5) — Śūlapāṇi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.2.6) · Pramāṇa