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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 8

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 22 · Verse 8

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Sanskrit Original

आमन्त्रयित्वा यो मोहादन्यं चामन्त्रयेद द्विजम। स तस्मादधिकः पापी विष्ठाकीटो ऽभिजायते।।

āmantrayitvā yo mohādanyaṃ cāmantrayed dvijam| sa tasmādadhikaḥ pāpī viṣṭhākīṭo 'bhijāyate||

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If the Brahmana (householder), after inviting one Brahmana for the Sraddha invites another also out of delusion he is a greater sinner. He is reborn as a worm in the faeces.