The Test for a Brāhmaṇa deserving for Śrāddha invitation - Verse 43
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 15 · Verse 43
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कारुकादीननाचारांल्लोकवेदबहिष्कृतान। गाय नान्वेदवृत्तांश्च हव्यकव्ये न भोजयेत।।
kārukādīnanācārāṃllokavedabahiṣkṛtān| gāya nānvedavṛttāṃśca havyakavye na bhojayet||
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Sūta replied: One should not feed the following persons with oblations meant for gods or Pitṛs: viz. Kārukas (a Śaiva sect) and others not abiding by rules of good conduct, those who are excommunicated from the ordinary society as well as the Vedic one, the professional singers and those who sell the Vedas as means of subsistence.