Vidura said Devotion, self-control, knowledge in the Vedas, sacrificial ceremonies, marriages in proper form and incessant gift of food, the families, in which these seven practices exist in proper forms, are consider to be high.
विदुर उवाच तपो दमो ब्रह्मवित्तं वितानाः पुण्या विवाहाः सततान्नदानम्। येष्वेवैते सप्त गुणा वसन्ति सम्यग्वृत्तास्तानि महाकुलानि॥