[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) › 57 # The Law Code of Devala 57 Devalasmṛti 57 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala.57) yo dātuṃ na vijānāti prāyaścittaṃ dvijottamaḥ śuddhiṃ dadāti nānyasmai tadaśuddheḥ sa bhojanam > The best of the twice-born who does not know how to grant penance / does not give purification to another; he becomes a partaker of that impurity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala.56) - [Next: 58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala.58) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.57) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala.57) · Pramāṇa