The offerings made at Shraddhas if presented to a Brahmana who sells wine, become converted into human excreta; if presented to a Brahmana who practises as a physician, they become converted into puss and blood; if presented to one who lives by setting up an idol, they fail to produce any fruit; if presented to one who lives upon usury, they lead to infamy; if presented to one who is engaged in trade, they become productive of no fruits cither in this world or in the next. If presented to a Brahmana who is born of a widowed mother, they become as fruitless as libations poured on ashes.
नष्टं देवलके दत्तमप्रतिष्ठं च वाधुषे। यत्तु वाणिजके दत्तं नेह नामुत्र तद् भवेत्॥ भस्मनीव हुतं हव्यं तथा पौनर्भवे द्विजे। ये तु धर्मव्यपेतेषु चारित्रापगतेषु च। हव्यं कव्यं प्रयच्छन्ति तेषां तत्प्रेत्य नश्यति॥