[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) › 6.3 # The Law Code of Devala 6.3: Smṛtitattva · Kālasāra · Gadādharapaddhati +1 Devalasmṛti (fragments) 6.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.6.3) nirvṛtte pitṛmedhe tu dīpaṃ pracchādya pāṇinā | ācamya pāṇī prakṣālya jñātīñ cheṣeṇa bhojayet || tato jñātiṣu bhukteṣu svān bhṛtyān api bhojayet | paścāt svayaṃ ca patnī ca śrāddhaśeṣam udāharet > At a death or a birth, for female slaves, / and for wives taken in natural order of castes, / purification is equal to that of the master; when the master dies, it is by uterine kinship. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > When the rite for the ancestors is over, covering the lamp with his hand, sipping water and washing his hands, he should feed his kinsmen with what remains; when they have eaten he should feed his own servants; afterwards he himself and his wife should eat the rest of the śrāddha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.6.2) - [Next: 6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.6.4) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.6) ## Translations (2) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments~en-mt.6.3) — English, machine translation - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.6) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [Maithila and Gauḍa śrāddha nibandhas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.mithila_bengal) - [Gadādharapaddhati](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.gadadharapaddhati.21.p184) — Gadādhara Rājaguru 1725, Sanskrit - [Kālasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.kalasara.18.p195) — Gadādhara (Pāraskara commentator), Sanskrit - [Smṛtitattva](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrtitattva.2.p1.5) — Raghunandana Bhaṭṭācārya 1520, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.6.3) · Pramāṇa