I shall declare the means. Do you first understand them. The forest mode of life that is followed by ascetics living in the forest and subsisting upon fruits and roots and air is laid down for the three twice-born classes. The domestic mode of life is ordained for all the orders.
तस्योपायं प्रवक्ष्यामि पुरस्तात् तं निबोधत। फलमूलानिलभुजां मुनीनां वसतां वने।॥ वानप्रस्थं द्विजातीनां त्रयाणामुपदिश्यते। सर्वेषामेव वर्णानां गार्हस्थ्यं तद् विधीयते॥