After the period laid down for the domestic mode of life, one should, O king, become a hermit. I have thus told you briefly all the characteristics of persons who succeed in living long.
अत उर्ध्वमरण्यं च सेवितव्यं नराधिप॥ एष ते लक्षणोद्देश आयुष्याणां प्रकीर्तितः।