Institutes of Vishnu — LXXXII.

LXXXII. | Internet Sacred Text ArchiveSacred Texts Hinduism Index Previous Next # LXXXII. 1. At a (*S*râddha) offering to the Vi*s*vedevâs let him not enquire (into the qualities or descent of) a Brâhma*n*a (whom he means to invite). [LXXXII. 1, 2. M. III, 149.--3-29. M. III, 150 166; Y. I, 222-224; Âpast. II, 7, 17, 21; Gaut. XV, 16-18.] 2. But at a (*S*râddha offering) to the manes he must enquire as closely as possible (into the qualities and descent of a Brâhma*n*a, whom he means to invite). 3. He must not invite (to a Srâddha) such as have a limb too little, or a limb too much; 4. Nor such as follow an occupation forbidden (by the Veda or by the traditional law). 5. Nor those who act (deceitfully) like cats; 6. Nor those wearing the insignia of some particular order, without having a claim to them; 7. Nor astrologers; 8. Nor Brâhma*n*as who subsist upon the offerings made to an idol which they attend; 9. Nor physicians; 10. Nor sons of an unmarried woman; 11. Nor sons of the son of an unmarried woman; 12. Nor those who sacrifice for a multitude of persons; 13. Nor those who offer sacrifices for a whole village; 14. Nor those who offer sacrifices for *S*ûdras; 15. Nor those who offer sacrifices for those for whom it is forbidden to sacrifice (such as outcasts and others); 16. Nor those for whom the ceremony of initiation has not been performed; 17. Nor those who sacrifice for such; [4. The particle *k*a, according to Nand., in this Sûtra, refers to other categories, mentioned by Atri, viz. persons belonging to the same Gotra, or descended from the same *Ri*shi ancestors as the sacrificer, and unknown persons. 8. '*K*a indicates here that thieves and wicked persons are also intended, as stated in a Sm*ri*ti.' (Nand.)] 18. Nor those who do work on holidays; 19. Nor malignant informers; 20. Nor those who teach (the Veda) for a fee; 21. Nor those who have been taught (the Veda) for a fee; 22. Nor those who subsist on food given to them by a *S*ûdra; 23. Nor those who have intercourse with an outcast; 24. Nor those who neglect their daily study of the Veda; 25. Nor those who neglect their morning and evening prayers; 26. Nor those who are in the king's service; 27. Nor 'naked' persons; 29. Nor those who quarrel with their father; 29. Nor those who have forsaken their father, mother, Guru, holy fire, or sacred study. 30. All those persons are said to defile a company, because they have been expelled from the community of Brâhma*n*as. Let a wise man avoid carefully, therefore, to entertain them at a *S*râddha. Next: LXXXIII.