[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) › 57 # The Law Code of Devala 57 English (machine translation) 57 - **Language:** English ### [57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.57) 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. - [Previous: 56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.56) - [Next: 58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.58) ## Linked texts (1) - [Devalasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala.57) — Devala, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.57) · Pramāṇa