[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 # The Law Code of Devala 6: Śrāddham Devalasmṛti (fragments) 6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### Śrāddham ### [6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.6.1) anena vidhinā śrāddhaṃ kuryāt saṃvatsare sakṛt | dviś caturvā yathāśraddhaṃ māse māse dine dine > 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) > By this rule he should perform the śrāddha once a year, or twice or four times as his faith allows, or every month, or every day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.6.2) tathaivāmantrito dātā prātaḥ snātaḥ sahāmbaraḥ | ārabheta navaiḥ pātrair anvārambhaṃ sabāndhavaḥ > Likewise the giver, having invited (the Brahmins), bathed in the morning with his clothes on, should begin with new vessels, together with his kinsmen. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [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 > 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) ### [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 > 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) ### [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 śrāddha he should not shed tears, nor chatter or laugh together, nor be distracted, angry or anxious about anything. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.6.6) daivādyaṃ naiva kurvīta daivāntaṃ naiva kutracit | daivādyantaṃ hi kurvīta śrāddhaṃ maraṇahetunā > One should never make a śrāddha begin with the gods nor ever end with the gods; (but) a śrāddha occasioned by a death one should begin and end with the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.6.7) ekoddiṣṭe tu saṃprāpte yadi vighnaḥ prajāyate | māse 'nyasmiṃs tithau tasmiṃs tadā dadyāt prayatnataḥ > If an obstacle arises when the single-person śrāddha is due, he should give it carefully on the same lunar day in another month. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.6.8) ekenāpi hi vipreṇa ṣaṭpiṇḍaṃ śrāddham ācaret | ṣaḍ arghyān dāpayet tatra ṣaḍbhyo dadyāt tathā haviḥ > Even with a single Brahmin one should perform the śrāddha of six rice-balls; he should have six guest-offerings given there, and likewise give the oblation to the six. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [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 > 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) ## Translations (2) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments~en-mt.6.1) — English, machine translation - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.6) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (23) - [Vīramitrodaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.viramitrodaya.165) — Mitramiśra 1610, Sanskrit - [Ācāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara) - [Maithila and Gauḍa śrāddha nibandhas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.mithila_bengal) - [Mahānibandha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha) - [Nirṇayasindhu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.52.3) — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa 1612, Sanskrit - [Bhagavantabhāskara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.bhagavantabhaskara.15.p7) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita 1625, Sanskrit - [Gadādharapaddhati](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.gadadharapaddhati.21.p22) — Gadādhara Rājaguru 1725, Sanskrit - [Kālasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.kalasara.18.p45) — Gadādhara (Pāraskara commentator), Sanskrit - [Smṛtitattva](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrtitattva.1.p2.111) — Raghunandana Bhaṭṭācārya 1520, Sanskrit - [Śrāddhacandrikā (Divākarabhaṭṭa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.sraddhacandrika.2.p97.2) — Divākarabhaṭṭa 1655, Sanskrit - [Smṛticandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrticandrika.19.p82.3) — Devaṇṇabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Pratāpārka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.prataparka.13.p146) — Viśveśvarabhaṭṭa 1766, Sanskrit - [Jayasīṃhakalpadruma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.jayasimhakalpadruma.13.p38.8) — Ratnākara 1688, Sanskrit - [Anūpavilāsa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.anupavilasa.15.255) — Maṇirāma 1665, Sanskrit - [Gūḍhārthadīpikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.gudharthadipika.2.p760) — Vāmadeva, Sanskrit - [Smṛtikaustubha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrtikaustubha.8.1.26) — Anantadeva 1638, Sanskrit - [Kṛtyaratnākara (Caṇḍeśvara)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.krtya.krtyaratnakara.4.p78) — Caṇḍeśvara, Sanskrit - [Saṃvatsaradīdhiti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.varsakrtya.samvatsaradidhiti.5.1.26) — Anantadeva 1650, Sanskrit - [Abdadīdhiti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.krtya.abdadidhiti.3.p9.4) — Anantadeva 1645, Sanskrit - [Śrāddhadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.sraddhadipa.5.328) — Divyasiṃha Mahāpātra 1640, Sanskrit - [Cakranārāyaṇīyanibandha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.cakranarayaniyanibandha.2.p51) — Viśvambharatrivedin 1600, Sanskrit - [Śrāddhamañjarī (Bāpūbhaṭṭa Kelakāra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.sraddhamanjari.6.1.14) — Bāpūbhaṭṭa Kelakāra 1785, Sanskrit - [Nṛsiṃhaprasāda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.nrsimhaprasada.p69) — Dalapatirāja 1511, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.6) · Pramāṇa