You should invite those Brahmanas whose wives wait for their return like tillers in expectation of rain. Having fed them well, you should present additional food to them so that upon their return home their expectant wives might be able to distribute that food among their children who had clamoured for food but who had been consoled with promises.
कार्यमित्येव मन्वाना धर्मज्ञाः सूक्ष्मदर्शिनः। अपि ते ब्राह्मणा भुक्त्वा गताः सोद्धरणान् गृहान्।।