Of all the modes of life, that of the householder is the first. Of this there is not doubt. The Unmanifest is the source of all the worlds as well as is the end of every thing.
आश्रमाणां च सर्वेषां गार्हस्थ्यं नात्र संशयः। लोकानामादिरव्यक्तं सर्वस्यान्तस्तदेव च॥