[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) › [Devalasmṛti (fragments)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments~en-mt) › 6.4 # The old Devala law-book — fragments 6.4 English (machine translation) 6.4 - **Language:** English ### [6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments~en-mt.6.4) 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. - [Previous: 6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments~en-mt.6.3) - [Next: 6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments~en-mt.6.5) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments~en-mt.6) ## Linked texts (1) - [Devalasmṛti (fragments)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.6.4) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments~en-mt.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments~en-mt.6.4) · Pramāṇa