That man, who cheerfully lives like a householder, observing those duties, succeeds in sanctifying ten generations of his ancestors above and ten generations below.
पूर्वान् दश दश परान् पुनाति च पितामहान्। गृहस्थवृत्तीश्चाप्येता वर्तयेद् यो गतव्यथः॥