The Test for a Brāhmaṇa deserving for Śrāddha invitation - Verse 55
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 15 · Verse 55
Sanskrit Original
स्तेनश्च सर्वयाजी च सर्वे ते पङ्क्तिदूषकाः। यश्च सूकरवद्भुङ्क्ते यश्च पाणितले द्विजः।।
stenaśca sarvayājī ca sarve te paṅktidūṣakāḥ| yaśca sūkaravadbhuṅkte yaśca pāṇitale dvijaḥ||
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.