[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) › 4.2 # The Law Code of Devala 4.2: Bālambhaṭṭī (Lakṣmīvyākhyāna) · Smṛtiratnākara (Vivādaratnākara, Kṛtyaratnākara…) · Vivādacintāmaṇi +2 Devalasmṛti (fragments) 4.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.4.2) mṛte pitari na klībakuṣṭhyunmattajaḍāndhakāḥ | patitaḥ patitāpatyaṃ liṅgī dāyāṃśabhāginaḥ || teṣāṃ patitavarjebhyo bhaktaṃ vastraṃ pradīyate | tatsutāḥ pitṛdāyāṃśaṃ labheran doṣavarjitāḥ > Devala said: / “One should avoid the whole country of Triśaṅku for twelve yojanas, / to the north of the Mahānadī and to the south of Kīkaṭa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > When the father is dead, the impotent, the leper, the madman, the idiot, the blind, the outcaste, the outcaste's child and one bearing (an ascetic's) emblem do not share in the inheritance; to them, except the outcaste, food and clothing are to be given; their sons, if free from the defect, receive the share of their father's inheritance. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.4.1) - [Next: 4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.4.3) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.4) ## Translations (2) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments~en-mt.4.2) — English, machine translation - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.4) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (5) - [Smṛtiratnākara (Vivādaratnākara, Kṛtyaratnākara…)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrtiratnakara.20.p51) — Caṇḍeśvara Ṭhakkura, Sanskrit - [Bālambhaṭṭī (Lakṣmīvyākhyāna)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya!mitaksara!balambhatti.9.14) — Bālambhaṭṭa Pāyaguṇḍe 1740, Sanskrit - [Lakṣmīvyākhyāna](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya!mitaksara!balakrsna.9.14) — Bālakṛṣṇa 1730, Sanskrit - [Vivādacintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.vivadacintamani.2.p186) — Vācaspatimiśra (Maithila smārta), Sanskrit - [Dāyatattva](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vyavahara.daya.dayatattva.1.p26) — Raghunandana, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.4.2) · Pramāṇa