Thus Dharma, Artha and Kama should be taken into one's consideration one after the other. One should not pursue virtue alone. No man should consider profit or pleasure as the highest object of his desire. All the three should always be (equally) pursued. The Shastras ordain that one should pursue virtue in the morning, profit at noon and pleasure in the evening.
एवमेव पृथग् दृष्ट्वाधर्मार्थो काममेव च।॥ नधर्मपर एव स्यान्न चार्थपरमो नरः। न कामपरमो वा स्यात् सर्वान् सेवेत सर्वदा॥ धर्म पूर्वेधनं मध्ये जघन्ये काममाचरेत्। अहन्यनुचरेदेवमेष शास्त्रकृतो विधिः॥