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# The Law Code of Devala 14

Devalasmṛti 14

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala.14)

tadā'sau tu kuṭumbānāṃ paṅktie prāpnoti nānyathā  
svabhāyāṃ ca yathānyāyaṃ gacchanneva viśudhyati

> Then indeed he enters into the row of his kin, not otherwise; / and approaching his own wife according to rule, he becomes pure.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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