Having performed the duties of his order, and having also served the king, an aged Vaisya with the king's permission, may adopt another mode of life.
कृतकृत्यो वयोऽतीतो राज्ञः कृतपरिश्रमः। वैश्यो गच्छदनुज्ञातो नृपेणाश्रमसंश्रयम्॥