[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) › 5.9 # The Law Code of Devala 5.9: Nirṇayasindhu · Samayapradīpa · Varṣakriyākaumudī +3 Devalasmṛti (fragments) 5.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.5.9) sarvabhūtabhayaṃ vyādhiḥ pramādo guruśāsanam | avrataghnāni paṭhyante sakṛd etāni śāstrataḥ > I shall explain the penance in detail, O great sages. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > Fear of any creature, illness, inadvertence and a teacher's command: these, once, are declared by the treatises not to break a vow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.5.8) - [Next: 5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.5.10) - [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.5.9) — English, machine translation - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.5) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (7) - [Mahānibandha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha) - [Bhagavantabhāskara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.bhagavantabhaskara.20.p15) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita 1625, Sanskrit - [Varṣakriyākaumudī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.varsakrtya.varsakriyakaumudi.1.p141) — Govindānanda Kavikaṅkaṇa 1510, Sanskrit - [Nirṇayasindhu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.2.2.18) — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa 1612, Sanskrit - [Kriyākaumudī (Govindānanda)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.krtya.kriyakaumudi.2.p14) — Govindānanda 1500, Sanskrit - [Samayapradīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.samayapradipa.p145) — Viṭhṭhaladīkṣita, Sanskrit - [Cakranārāyaṇīyanibandha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.cakranarayaniyanibandha.2.p91) — Viśvambharatrivedin 1600, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.5.9) · Pramāṇa