The householder should keep up his domestic fire for daily adoration. He should study the Vedas. He should pour libations in honour of the departed Manes and the celestials. He should keep his senses under proper restraint. He should eat what remains after serving gods and guests and all his dependants. He should be abstemious in food, truthful in words, and pure both in body and mind.
अहिताग्निरधीयानो जुह्वानः संयतेन्द्रियः। विघसाशी यताहारो गृहस्थ: सत्यवाक् शुचिः॥