The Test for a Brāhmaṇa deserving for Śrāddha invitation - Verse 53
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 15 · Verse 53
Sanskrit Original
नार्हतस्तावपि श्राद्धं द्विजो यश्चैव वार्धुषी। स्त्रियो रक्तान्तरा येषां परदारपराश्च ये।।
nārhatastāvapi śrāddhaṃ dvijo yaścaiva vārdhuṣī| striyo raktāntarā yeṣāṃ paradāraparāśca ye||
Sūta replied: This is the profession of a Vaiśya but a sinful activity in the case of Brāhmaṇa. He who studies Vedas by means of hiring charges (charging tuition fees) and he who makes a living through the Vedas—these two do not deserve Śrāddha invitation. The son-in-law also does not deserve Śrāddha invitation. The person who approaches his wife in vaṃ (?), the person who sacrifices in vain (?), these two do not deserve Śrāddha invitation. One shall not feed in Śrāddha a Brāhmaṇa who is a usurer, those persons whose wives love others, those persons who love other persons’ wives and those who are too much fond of wealth and sex.