[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) › 6.4 # The Law Code of Devala 6.4: Smṛticandrikā · Nirṇayasindhu · Śrāddhacandrikā (Divākarabhaṭṭa) +1 Devalasmṛti (fragments) 6.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.6.4) śrāddhaṃ kṛtvā tu yo vipro na bhuṅkte ca kathaṃcana | devā havyaṃ na gṛhṇanti kavyāni pitaras tathā > 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) > If a Brahmin who has performed a śrāddha does not eat of it at all, the gods do not accept the offerings, nor the ancestors theirs. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.6.3) - [Next: 6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.6.5) - [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.6.4) — English, machine translation - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.6) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [Smṛticandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrticandrika.19.p82.3) — Devaṇṇabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Bhagavantabhāskara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.bhagavantabhaskara.46.p2) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita 1625, Sanskrit - [Nirṇayasindhu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.63.2-2.3) — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa 1612, Sanskrit - [Śrāddhacandrikā (Divākarabhaṭṭa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.sraddhacandrika.2.p97.2) — Divākarabhaṭṭa 1655, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.6.4) · Pramāṇa