They are, indeed, consummate atheists who do not accept the injunction of the Vedas (which inculcate action). By following Vedic injunctions in all his acts, the person that is learned in the Vedas, attains, O Bharata, to the highest region of heaven by the way of the deities. All persons acquainted with Vedas have declared the life of a householder to be superior to all the (other) modes of life.
वेदवादापविद्धांस्तु तान् विद्धि भृशनास्तिकान्। न हि वेदोक्तमुत्सृज्य विप्रः सर्वेषु कर्मसु॥ देवयानेन नाकस्य पृष्ठमाप्नोति भारत। अत्याश्रमानयं सर्वानित्याहुर्वेदनिश्चयाः॥