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3.187. On the day before the Sraddha-rite is performed, or on the day when it takes place, let him invite with
due respect at least three Brahmanas, such as have been mentioned above.
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3.188. A Brahmana who has been invited to a (rite) in honour of the manes shall always control himself and not
recite the Veda, and he who performs the Sraddha (must act in the same manner).
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3.189. For the manes attend the invited Brahmanas, follow them (when they walk) like the wind, and sit near
them when they are seated.
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3.190. But a Brahmana who, being duly invited to a rite in honour of the gods or of the manes, in any way
breaks (the appointment), becomes guilty (of a crime), and (in his next birth) a hog.
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3.191. But he who, being invited to a Sraddha, dallies with a Sudra woman, takes upon himself all the sins
which the giver (of the feast) committed.
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3.192. The manes are primeval deities, free from anger, careful of purity, ever chaste, averse from strife, and
endowed with great virtues.
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3.193. Now learn fully from whom all these (manes derive) their origin, and with what ceremonies they ought
to be worshipped.
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3.194. The (various) classes of the manes are declared to be the sons of all those sages, Mariki and the rest, who
are children of Manu, the son of Hiranyagarbha.
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3.195. The Somasads, the sons of Virag, are stated to be the manes of the Sadhyas, and the Agnishvattas, the
children of Mariki, are famous in the world (as the manes) of the gods.
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3.196. The Barhishads, born of Atri, are recorded to be (the manes) of the Daityas, Danavas, Yakshas,
Gandharvas, Snake-deities, Rakshasas, Suparnas, and a Kimnaras,
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