आमंत्र्य पूर्वदिवसे निरीहा अपि ये द्विजाः । अलोलुपा व्याधिहीना न तु ये ग्रामयाजिनः
āmaṃtrya pūrvadivase nirīhā api ye dvijāḥ | alolupā vyādhihīnā na tu ye grāmayājinaḥ
សូម្បីតែព្រះព្រាហ្មណ៍ដែលមិនប្រឹងប្រែងក្នុងលោក ក៏គួរអញ្ជើញមុនមួយថ្ងៃ—អ្នកមិនលោភ មិនមានជំងឺ; តែអ្នកដែលរស់ដោយធ្វើយាជ្ញៈតាមភូមិជាមុខរបរ មិនគួរអញ្ជើញទេ។
Narrator (contextual; within Māhātmya discourse)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A messenger/householder respectfully inviting austere brāhmaṇas on the prior day; the invitees appear simple, ungreedy, and composed; contrast implied with bustling professional ritualists in the background kept at distance.
Śrāddha becomes meaningful when performed with discernment—choosing worthy, self-restrained recipients rather than treating the rite as a transaction.
Vastrāpatha Mahākṣetra within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa’s sacred geography.
Invite suitable Brāhmaṇas a day in advance for the śrāddha, and avoid professionalized officiants described as grāmayājinaḥ.
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