# Cc. Antya 6.279 ## Text > viṣayīra anna haya 'rājasa' nimantraṇa > dātā, bhoktā—duṅhāra malina haya mana ## Synonyms *viṣayīra*—offered by materialistic men; *anna*—food; *haya*—is; *rājasa*—in the mode of passion; *nimantraṇa*—invitation; *dātā*—the person who offers; *bhoktā*—the person who accepts such an offering; *duṅhāra*—of both of them; *malina*—contaminated; *haya* *mana*—the mind becomes. ## Translation **"When one accepts an invitation from a person contaminated by the material mode of passion, the person who offers the food and the person who accepts it are both mentally contaminated.** ## Purport Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura says that there are three varieties of invitations—those in the mode of goodness, those in passion and those in ignorance. An invitation accepted from a pure devotee is in the mode of goodness, an invitation accepted from a person who is pious but materially attached is in the mode of passion, and an invitation accepted from a person who is materially very sinful is in the mode of ignorance.