[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) › 7.8 # The Law Code of Devala 7.8: Keśavavaijayantī · Prāyaścitta · Smṛtiviveka Devalasmṛti (fragments) 7.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.7.8) tīrthe puṇyatame yathāvad dehanyāsād brāhmaṇo mahāpātakān mucyate | dharmayuddhe gograhe grāmaghātādiṣu prāṇatyāgāt pūyate kṣatriyaḥ śastropajīvinaś ca > 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) > A Brahmin is freed from grave sins by duly laying down his body at a most holy ford; a Kṣatriya and those who live by arms are purified by giving their lives in a righteous battle, in a cattle-raid or when a village is being destroyed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.7.7) - [Next: 7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.7.9) - [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.7.8) — English, machine translation - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.7) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Prāyaścitta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.prayascitta) - [Smṛtiviveka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrtiviveka.4.20) — Śūlapāṇi, Sanskrit - [Keśavavaijayantī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu!nandapandita.2.6) — Nandapaṇḍita 1622, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.7.8) · Pramāṇa