If, indeed, that be the highest object of acquisition, if that be truly the highest end then the importance of the domestic mode of life becomes clear, because without the domestic mode no other mode of life ever becomes possible.
स्यूमरश्मिरुवाच योषा परमा काष्ठा योषा परमा गतिः। गृहस्थानव्यपाश्रित्य नाश्रमोऽन्यः प्रवर्तते॥