The householder who lives like a householder, celebrates sacrifices and practise penances. Whatever is done by anybody for acquiring happiness has for its root the domestic mode of life.
गृहस्थ एव यजते गृहस्थस्तप्यते तपः। गार्हस्थ्यमस्य धर्मस्य मूलं यत्किचिदेजते॥