The Test for a Brāhmaṇa deserving for Śrāddha invitation - Verse 56
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 15 · Verse 56
Sanskrit Original
न तदश्नन्ति पितरो यश्च वाच्यं समश्नुते। स्त्रीशूद्रायान्नमेतद्वै श्राद्धोच्छिष्टं न दापयेत।।
na tadaśnanti pitaro yaśca vācyaṃ samaśnute| strīśūdrāyānnametadvai śrāddhocchiṣṭaṃ na dāpayet||
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.