Rides governing Sraddha {contd.) Vydsa said : - Verse 22
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 21 · Verse 22
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Sanskrit Original
मातामहं मातुलं च स्वस्त्रीयं श्वशुरं गुरुम। दौहित्रं विट्पतिं बन्धुमृत्विग्याज्यौ च भोजयेत।।
mātāmahaṃ mātulaṃ ca svastrīyaṃ śvaśuraṃ gurum| dauhitraṃ viṭpatiṃ bandhumṛtvigyājyau ca bhojayet||
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In case of non-availability of a suitable Brahmana one may very well feed and honour a friend but not an enemy, even though he may be learned and enlightened. The Havis partaken of by an enemy becomes futile after death.