[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) › 5.8 # The Law Code of Devala 5.8: Nirṇayasindhu · Tithyarka · Smṛtikaustubha +2 Devalasmṛti (fragments) 5.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.5.8) brahmacaryaṃ tathā śaucaṃ satyam āmiṣavarjanam | vrateṣv etāni catvāri variṣṭhānīti niścayaḥ > I shall explain the penance in detail, O great sages. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > Chastity, purity, truthfulness and abstaining from meat: these four are the most important things in vows; this is settled. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.5.7) - [Next: 5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.5.9) - [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.5.8) — English, machine translation - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.5) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (5) - [Pratāpārka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.prataparka.2.p58) — Viśveśvarabhaṭṭa 1766, Sanskrit - [Nirṇayasindhu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.2.p3.22) — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa 1612, Sanskrit - [Smṛtikaustubha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrtikaustubha.1.31.p1.16) — Anantadeva 1638, Sanskrit - [Vratodyāpanakaumudī (Śaṅkara)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.udyapana.vratodyapanakaumudi-sankara.p3) — Śaṅkara 1728, Sanskrit - [Tithyarka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.tithi.tithyarka.4.p1.20) — Divākarabhaṭṭa 1658, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.5.8) · Pramāṇa