As seed sown on a barren soil does not sprout forth, or as one who has not sown does not get a share of the produce, so that Shraddha the offerings in which are eaten by an unworthy person, yields no fruit either in this : world or in the next.
ब्राह्मणो हनधीयानस्तृणाग्निरिव शाम्यति। तस्मै श्राद्धं न दातव्यं न हि भस्मनि हूयते॥