Listen now, O son of Pandu, to those duties which should be practised in the four modes of life. These should be known to the Kshatriya who wishes the members of the three (other) orders in his kingdom) to strictly follow the respective duties of those modes.
यश्च त्रयाणां वर्णानामिच्छेदाश्रमसेवनम्। चातुराश्रम्यदृशंश्च धर्मांस्तान्धृणु पाण्डव॥