चतुर्णामाश्रमाणां हि गार्हस्थ्यं श्रेष्ठमुत्तमम्। आहुर्धर्मज्ञ धर्मज्ञास्तं कथं त्यक्तुमिच्छसि॥
caturṇāmāśramāṇāṃ hi gārhasthyaṃ śreṣṭhamuttamam| āhurdharmajña dharmajñāstaṃ kathaṃ tyaktumicchasi||
English Meaning
O you cognizant of morality, those versed in duty say that of the four modes of life, the life of the householder is the foremost. Why then do you wish to renounce the same?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)