You depend upon knowledge as the means. Those who live like householders, have placed their faith in acts. It has, however, been said that the end of all modes of life is Liberation.
स्यूमरश्मिरुवाच भवन्तो ज्ञाननिष्ठा वै गृहस्थाः कर्मनिश्चयाः। आश्रमाणां च सर्वेषां निष्ठायामैक्यमुच्यते॥