[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) › 6.9 # The old Devala law-book — fragments 6.9 English (machine translation) 6.9 - **Language:** English ### [6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments~en-mt.6.9) The gods drink (the water wrung) from the head (of the bather's garment), the ancestors from the mouth, the gandharvas from the eyes, and all creatures from below. - [Previous: 6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments~en-mt.6.8) - [Next: 7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments~en-mt.7.1) - [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.6.9) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments~en-mt.6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments~en-mt.6.9) · Pramāṇa