Householder
“gṛhastha”
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gṛhastha · householder · gṛhin
in the texts
Manusmṛti
The second life-stage, held to be the most excellent because it materially and ritually supports the other three āśramas.
And of all these, according to the ordinance of the Veda and the *Smṛti*, the householder is declared to be the most excellent, for he supports these other three.
Just as all rivers and streams find their resting place in the ocean, so do all those in the *āśramas* find their support in the householder.
Vīramitrodaya
The class of married householders, repeatedly distinguished from ascetics and from householders with sons for purposes of fasting rules.
> A householder without desire should always perform the succeeding Ekādaśī, / > whether Dvādaśī is present at dawn or not, O best of the twice-born!
Hemādri, however, says that in this second case, the verses enjoining a fast on a pure Ekādaśī apply to a householder (*gṛhastha*), while those enjoining a fast on a pure Dvādaśī apply to an ascetic (*yati*).
> When an Ekādaśī conjoined with Daśamī does not increase on the next day, / > that very *tithi* of elision should be fasted on by ascetics and householders, //