Then again in the domestic mode of life the gods are propitiated by sacrifices and other religious rites : the departed manes by the performances of obsequial rites; the Rishis by the study of the Vedas, by listening to the instructions of preceptors, and by getting by heart the scriptures, and lastly the Creator by begetting children.
अपि चात्र यज्ञक्रियाभिर्देवताः प्रीयन्ते। निवापेन पितरो विद्याभ्यासश्रवणधारणेन ऋषयः। अपत्योत्पादनेन प्रजापतिरिति॥