Forsooth, the offerings one makes to the departed manes at such a Shraddha become unending. Hence on occasions of Shraddhas, the learned man should recite these verses on the subject of the merits of the gifts of earth, in the presence and hearing of the invited Brahmanas when engaged in eating.
अक्षयं च भवेद् दत्तं पितृभ्यस्तन्न संशयः। तस्माच्छ्राद्धेष्विदं विद्वान् भुञ्जतः श्रावयेद् द्विजान्।।