[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) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt) › 52 # The Law Code of Devala 52 English (machine translation) 52 - **Language:** English ### [52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.52) That child is to be given away to another; it should never be taken as one's own. / For one should shun \[it\] in one's caste; otherwise, there would be intermixture. - [Previous: 51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.51) - [Next: 53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.53) ## Linked texts (1) - [Devalasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala.52) — Devala, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.52) · Pramāṇa