Marking the result of this examination by scales, O Partha, and seeing further, O Bharata, that the life of a householder alone contained both heaven and pleasure, the great Rishis and the persons conversant with the ways of the world followed it.
समीक्ष्य तुलया पार्थ कामं स्वर्गं च भारत। अयं पन्था महर्षीणामियं लोकविदां गतिः॥