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 72
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 22 · Verse 72
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Sanskrit Original
ततो भुक्तवतां तेषामन्नशेषं निवेदयेत। यथा ब्रूयुस्तथा कुर्यादनुज्ञातस्तु वै द्विजैः।।
tato bhuktavatāṃ teṣāmannaśeṣaṃ nivedayet| yathā brūyustathā kuryādanujñātastu vai dvijaiḥ||
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They should eat the most excellent things prior to others, (v. 1. vagyatah ‘observing silence’). But they should not speak out their material good qualities (?). The Pitrs partake of food only as long as the qualities of the Havis are not mentioned.