That king, who gives to persons leading a Vanaprastha mode of life and to Brahmanas versed in the three Vedas, attains to the object of the Vanaprastha mode of life.
वानप्रस्थेषु विप्रेषु त्रैविद्येषु च भारत। प्रयच्छतोऽर्थान् विपुलान् वन्याश्रमपदं भवेत्॥