Manava Dharmashastra 3.139

3.139

nāyaṃ daive karmaṇi brāhmaṇaparīkṣāpratiṣedhaḥ, kiṃ tarhi kāṇaślīpadyādīnāṃ kadāciddaive'bhyanujñānārthaḥ |
pitrye karmaṇi śrāddhakāle prāpte parīkṣāṃ yatnena kuryāt, na daive | kadācidhūdyamānānapi bhojayet | ye cābhyanujñāyante tāndarśayiṣyāmaḥ |
anye tu vakṣyamāṇasya pratiṣedhaprakaraṇasya yatnato varjanārthamupakramamātraṃ śloko, na tu kāṇādīnāṃ daive'bhyanujñānārthaḥ |

‘Everlasting,’—i.e., it does not cease, and then appears again; it remains there always.—(146)