Markandeyapurana 29.1

29.1

alarka uvāca
yat kāryaṃ puruṣāṇāñca gārhasthyamanuvartatām /
bandhaśca syādakaraṇe kriyāyā yasya cocchritiḥ //

Alarka spoke:
“And what men must do who are engaged in the gṛhastha period; and what becomes confined in the absence of action, and what increases by action; and what is beneficial to men; and what a good man should avoid at home; and how things are done—declare that accurately to me who ask.”