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 75
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 22 · Verse 75
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Sanskrit Original
दातारो नो ऽभिवर्धन्तां वेदाः संततिरेव च। श्रद्धा च नो मा व्यगमद बहुदेयं च नोस्त्त्विति।।
dātāro no 'bhivardhantāṃ vedāḥ saṃtatireva ca| śraddhā ca no mā vyagamad bahudeyaṃ ca nosttviti||
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If the Brahmana who engaged in the Pitr rite, does not partake of the meat served, he is reborn as an animal for twenty-one births.