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of men,--for the householder, for the Sannyasin (the man who has renounced the world), and for the student.
The life of every individual in Karma, according to the Hindu scriptures has its peculiar duties apart from what belongs in common to universal humanity. The Hindu begins life as a student ; then he marries and becomes a householder-; then after becoming old he retires, and lastly he gives up the world and becomes a Sannyasin. To each of these stages of life certain duties are attached which are determined by its own nature. No one of these stages of life is superior to the other ; the life of the married man' is quite as great as that of the man who is not married, but has devoted himself to religious work. The king on his throne is as great and glorious as the scayenger in the street. Take him off his throne, make him do the work of the scavenger, and see how he: fares. Take up the scavenger and see how he will rule. It is useless to say that the man who lives out of . the world is a greater man than he who lives ing:
