[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) › 6.5 # The Law Code of Devala 6.5: Kālasāra · Gadādharapaddhati · Bhagavantabhāskara +1 Devalasmṛti (fragments) 6.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.6.5) aśru na pātayec chrāddhe na jalpen na hasen mithaḥ | na vibhramen na ca krudhyen nodvijec cātra kutracit > 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) > At a śrāddha he should not shed tears, nor chatter or laugh together, nor be distracted, angry or anxious about anything. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.6.4) - [Next: 6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.6.6) - [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.6.5) — 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) - [Bhagavantabhāskara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.bhagavantabhaskara.45.p58) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita 1625, Sanskrit - [Gadādharapaddhati](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.gadadharapaddhati.21.p146) — Gadādhara Rājaguru 1725, Sanskrit - [Kālasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.kalasara.18.p149) — Gadādhara (Pāraskara commentator), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.6.5) · Pramāṇa