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 67
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 22 · Verse 67
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Sanskrit Original
न किञ्चिद वर्जयेच्छ्राद्धे नियुक्तस्तु द्विजोत्तमः। न मांसं प्रतिषेधेत न चान्यस्यान्नमीक्षयेत।।
na kiñcid varjayecchrāddhe niyuktastu dvijottamaḥ| na māṃsaṃ pratiṣedheta na cānyasyānnamīkṣayet||
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O excellent Brahmanas one should not stand near if one perspires profusely, he should not see* the crows and other birds going contrary to the natural order. The Pitrs desirous of eating, come there assuming those forms.