He understood that one suffers great misery on account of children and wives; that one has to work hard for the acquisition of science and Vedic lore. He, therefore, asked himself, saying,-What is that situation which is eternal and which is free from all sorts of misery but in which there is great prosperity?
पुत्रदारैर्महान् क्लेशो विद्याम्नाये महाञ्च्छ्रमः। किं नु स्याच्छाश्वतं स्थानमल्पक्लेशं महोदयम्॥