[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) › 7.3 # The Law Code of Devala 7.3: Kṛtyakalpataru · Kālasāra · Gadādharapaddhati Devalasmṛti (fragments) 7.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.7.3) parataḥ parataḥ śuddhir aghavṛddhau vidhīyate | syāc cet paścāt samād ahnaḥ pūrveṇāpy anuśiṣyate || aghānāṃ yaugapadye tu jñeyā śuddhir garīyasā | maraṇotpattiyoge tu garīyo maraṇaṃ bhavet > 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) > When impurities overlap, purification is prescribed by the later one; if (the second) occurs after an equal day, it is governed by the former. When impurities coincide, purification is to be known by the heavier; when a death and a birth coincide, the death is the heavier. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.7.2) - [Next: 7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.7.4) - [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.7.3) — English, machine translation - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.7) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.21.p585) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Gadādharapaddhati](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.gadadharapaddhati.8.p8.1) — Gadādhara Rājaguru 1725, Sanskrit - [Kālasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.kalasara.8.p30) — Gadādhara (Pāraskara commentator), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.7.3) · Pramāṇa