[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) › [The Law Code of Devala](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala) › 53 # The Law Code of Devala 53 Devalasmṛti 53 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala.53) gṛhīto yo balānmlecchaiḥ pañca ṣaṭ sapta vā samāḥ daśādi viṃśatiṃ yāvattasya śuddhirvidhīyate > For one who was seized by force by Mlecchas for five, six, or seven years, / up to ten or twenty \[years\], his purification is prescribed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala.52) - [Next: 54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala.54) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.53) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.33.53) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala.53) · Pramāṇa