[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) › 6.9 # The Law Code of Devala 6.9: Ācāra · Mahānibandha · Anūpavilāsa +1 Devalasmṛti (fragments) 6.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.6.9) devāḥ pibanti śiraso mukhasya pitaras tathā | cakṣuṣo 'pi ca gandharvā adhastāt sarvajantavaḥ > 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) > The gods drink (the water wrung) from the head (of the bather's garment), the ancestors from the mouth, the gandharvas from the eyes, and all creatures from below. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.6.8) - [Next: 7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.7.1) - [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.6.9) — English, machine translation - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.6) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [Ācāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara) - [Mahānibandha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha) - [Anūpavilāsa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.anupavilasa.15.255) — Maṇirāma 1665, Sanskrit - [Cakranārāyaṇīyanibandha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.cakranarayaniyanibandha.2.p51) — Viśvambharatrivedin 1600, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.6.9) · Pramāṇa