[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) › 3.1 # The Law Code of Devala 3.1: Kṛtyakalpataru · Saṃskāraratnamālā (Gopīnātha Dīkṣita Oka) · Gṛhastharatnākara Devalasmṛti (fragments) 3.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.3.1) ete vivāhāś catvāro dharmyās toyapradānikāḥ | aśulkā brāhmaṇārhāś ca tārayanti dvayoḥ kulam || etān saśulkān sāmānyān vivāhāṃś caturo viduḥ | kevalaṃ kṣatriyasyaiva praśastatvāc ca rākṣasaḥ > How should their bathing, how their cleansing, how their penance be? / What conduct should they adopt? Tell us that in full detail.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > These four marriages, (given) with a libation of water, are lawful, without bride-price, fit for Brahmins, and save both families. The four (others) they know as marriages with bride-price, common (to all); the Rākṣasa only for the Kṣatriya, as approved (for him). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.2.8) - [Next: 3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.3.2) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.3) ## Translations (2) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments~en-mt.3.1) — English, machine translation - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.3) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.3.p85) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Gṛhastharatnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.grhastharatnakara.5.p13) — Caṇḍeśvara, Sanskrit - [Saṃskāraratnamālā (Gopīnātha Dīkṣita Oka)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.samskara.samskararatnamala.33.p1.20) — Gopīnātha Dīkṣita Oka, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.3.1) · Pramāṇa