[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) › 3.9 # The Law Code of Devala 3.9: Dāyabhāga · Dattaka · Vivādaratnākara Devalasmṛti (fragments) 3.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.3.9) ete dvādaśa putrās tu santatyartham udāhṛtāḥ | ātmajāḥ parajāś caiva labdhā yādṛcchikās tathā | teṣāṃ ṣaḍ bandhudāyādāḥ pūrve 'nye pitur eva ṣaṭ > 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 twelve sons are declared for the continuance of the line: born of oneself, born of another, acquired, and come by chance; of them the first six are kinsmen and heirs, the other six (heirs) of the father only. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.3.8) - [Next: 3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.3.10) - [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.3.9) — English, machine translation - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.3) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Dattaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vyavahara.dattaka) - [Vivādaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vyavahara.vivada.vivadaratnakara.29.p32) — Caṇḍeśvara, Sanskrit - [Dāyabhāga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.dayabhaga.9.7) — Jīmūtavāhana, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.3.9) · Pramāṇa