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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 30

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 22 · Verse 30

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Sanskrit Original

प्रास्येदग्नौ तदन्नं तु दद्याद वा ब्रह्मचारिणे। तस्मादेकमपि श्रेष्ठं विद्वांसं भोजयेद द्विजम।।

prāsyedagnau tadannaṃ tu dadyād vā brahmacāriṇe| tasmādekamapi śreṣṭhaṃ vidvāṃsaṃ bhojayed dvijam||

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He shall consign that cooked food to the fire. He should give that to a Brahmacarin. Hence, one shall feed only one Brahmana but he should be an excellent scholar.