[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) › 7.1 # The Law Code of Devala 7.1: Kṛtyakalpataru · Kālasāra · Nityācārapradīpa +1 Devalasmṛti (fragments) 7.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.7.1) janane maraṇe nityam āśaucam anudhāvati | sapiṇḍān mātṛbandhūṃś ca yatra kvacana gacchataḥ > If what is undrinkable has been drunk, and what is inedible has been eaten, / and intercourse with an illicit woman has been performed by a Brahmin carried off by Mlecchas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > At a birth or a death impurity always pursues the sapiṇḍas and the mother's kin, wherever they may go. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.6.9) - [Next: 7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.7.2) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.7) ## Translations (2) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments~en-mt.7.1) — English, machine translation - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.7) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.21.p544) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Nityācārapradīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.nityacarapradipa.1.p261) — Narasiṃha Vājapeyin, Sanskrit - [Gadādharapaddhati](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.gadadharapaddhati.7.p58) — Gadādhara Rājaguru 1725, Sanskrit - [Kālasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.kalasara.7.p16) — Gadādhara (Pāraskara commentator), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.7.1) · Pramāṇa