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Sanatan Dharma

सनातन धर्म — Hindu Scripture Knowledge Base

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 7

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 22 · Verse 7

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Sanskrit Original

आमन्त्रितो ब्राह्मणो वा यो ऽन्यस्मै कुरुते क्षणम। स याति नरकं घोरं सूकरत्वां प्रायाति च।।

āmantrito brāhmaṇo vā yo 'nyasmai kurute kṣaṇam| sa yāti narakaṃ ghoraṃ sūkaratvāṃ prāyāti ca||

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If a Brahmana, invited by one accepts the invitation of another, he falls into the terrible hell and becomes a pig.