There is a famous verse in Manu Smriti: यस्मात् त्रयोऽप्याश्रमिणो ज्ञानेनान्नेन चान्वहम्। गृहस्थेनैव धार्यन्ते तस्माज्ज्येष्ठाश्रमी गृही॥ ‘The grihastha is the greatest among the ashramas, because it is only the grihastha…