The householder, the Brahmacharin the hermit and the mendicant, these are modes of life have all been said to the householder's mode for their root.
गृहस्थो ब्रह्मचारी च वानप्रस्थोऽथ भिक्षुकः। चत्वार आश्रमाः प्रोक्ताः सर्वे गार्हस्थ्यमूलकाः॥