[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) › 6.6 # The old Devala law-book — fragments 6.6 English (machine translation) 6.6 - **Language:** English ### [6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments~en-mt.6.6) 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. - [Previous: 6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments~en-mt.6.5) - [Next: 6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments~en-mt.6.7) - [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.6.6) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments~en-mt.6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments~en-mt.6.6) · Pramāṇa