[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) › 2.7 # The Law Code of Devala 2.7: Smṛticandrikā · Caturvargacintāmaṇi · Śrāddhacandrikā (Divākarabhaṭṭa) +2 Devalasmṛti (fragments) 2.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.2.7) aghṛtaṃ bhojayed vipraṃ yo gṛhe sati sarpiṣi | paratra nirayaṃ ghoraṃ sa yāty eva na saṃśayaḥ > “Revered sir, how indeed may Brahmins, Kṣatriyas, / Vaiśyas, and Śūdras in order attain purification when carried off by Mlecchas? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > Whoever feeds a Brahmin without ghee when there is ghee in the house goes without doubt to a terrible hell hereafter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.2.6) - [Next: 2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.2.8) - [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.2.7) — English, machine translation - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.2) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (5) - [Smṛticandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrticandrika.55.p1) — Devaṇṇabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Bhagavantabhāskara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.bhagavantabhaskara.49.p46) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita 1625, Sanskrit - [Caturvargacintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.caturvargacintamani.181.p294) — Hemādri, Sanskrit - [Gṛhastharatnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.grhastharatnakara.19.p92) — Caṇḍeśvara, Sanskrit - [Śrāddhacandrikā (Divākarabhaṭṭa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.sraddhacandrika.2.p98) — Divākarabhaṭṭa 1655, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.2.7) · Pramāṇa