[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) › 5.6 # The Law Code of Devala 5.6: Kṛtyakalpataru · Nirṇayasindhu · Samayapradīpa +6 Devalasmṛti (fragments) 5.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.5.6) abhuktvā prātarāhāraṃ snātvācamya samāhitaḥ | sūryādidevatābhyaś ca nivedya vratam ācaret > I shall explain the penance in detail, O great sages. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > Without taking the morning meal, having bathed and sipped water, composed, he should announce it to the Sun and the other deities and then undertake the vow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.5.5) - [Next: 5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.5.7) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.5) ## Translations (2) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments~en-mt.5.6) — English, machine translation - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.5) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (9) - [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.15.p65) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Pratāpārka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.prataparka.2.p68) — Viśveśvarabhaṭṭa 1766, Sanskrit - [Jayasīṃhakalpadruma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.jayasimhakalpadruma.2.p5.8) — Ratnākara 1688, Sanskrit - [Varṣakriyākaumudī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.varsakrtya.varsakriyakaumudi.1.p139) — Govindānanda Kavikaṅkaṇa 1510, Sanskrit - [Vratakāṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.vratakanda.1.p19) — Lakṣmīdhara, Sanskrit - [Nirṇayasindhu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.2.p3.19) — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa 1612, Sanskrit - [Kriyākaumudī (Govindānanda)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.krtya.kriyakaumudi.2.p12) — Govindānanda 1500, Sanskrit - [Samayapradīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.samayapradipa.p139) — Viṭhṭhaladīkṣita, Sanskrit - [Vratodyāpanakaumudī (Śaṅkara)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.udyapana.vratodyapanakaumudi-sankara.p3) — Śaṅkara 1728, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.5.6) · Pramāṇa