It is opposed to the duties sanctioned for the four orders of men and the four modes of life. and agrees with those duties in only a few particulars. Those who are well-skilled in the science of conclusion can understand its fitness; and they who have gone above all the modes of life can adopt it.
वर्णाश्रमकृतैर्धविपरीतं क्वचित्समम्। गतान्तरध्यवसितमत्याश्रममिदं व्रतम्॥