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Sanatan Dharma

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Rules for performance of Sraddha^ {contd.) Vydsa said : 1-2. Having purified the ground with cowdung and water on the day previous to that of Sraddha, the performer of iSraddha should invite the Brahmanas with the above-mentioned quilifications, through good persons with the invitation : “Tomorrow there will be Sraddka at my place.” If this is not possible, he may invite on the next day® (i.e, on the day of Sraddha. - Verse 10

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 22 · Verse 10

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Sanskrit Original

निमन्त्रितस्तु यो विप्रो ह्यध्वानं याति दुर्मतिः। भवन्ति पितरस्तस्य तं मासं पांशुभोजनाः।।

nimantritastu yo vipro hyadhvānaṃ yāti durmatiḥ| bhavanti pitarastasya taṃ māsaṃ pāṃśubhojanāḥ||

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If a Brahmana invited for a Sraddha (accepts the invitation and) goes on a journey, the Pitrs of the wicked Brahmana subsist on sinful food that month.