[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c7.163 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.163 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.163 - **Language:** English ### [c7.163](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.163) GĀRHASTYA. The Gṛhasthāśrama a stage in life when you live with your family as a house-holder. The true dharma of a householder is to live with what he gets by doing the duty allotted to him. He should feed pilgrims and should not appropriate to himself what belongs to others unless and until it is given to him. (Śloka 3, Chapter 31; Ādi Parva). - [Previous: c7.162](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.162) - [Next: c7.164](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.164) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.163](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.163) · Pramāṇa