If you so desire to follow the path of dharma acquired out of physical exertion, then bear the trouble of governing the four castes of the social order righteously. [2-106-21]
चतुर्णामाश्रमाणां हि गार्हस्थ्यं श्रेष्ठमुत्तमम् | आहुर्धर्मज्ञ धर्मज्ञास्तं कथं त्यक्तुमर्हसि || २-१०६-२२
Oh ! Rama, you are the one who knows his duty. The knowers of dharma maintain that the life of a householder is the foremost among the four modes of life. How can you renounce it? [2-106-22]