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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 5]
am now in  gṛhastha  life, I am a saintly person. By showing my sons the path of renunciation, you have done me an abominable injustice.
PURPORT
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said,  sannyāsīra alpa chidra sarva-loke gāya  (Cc.  Madhya  12.51). In society one will find many  sannyāsīs ,  vānaprasthas ,  gṛhasthas  and  brahmacārīs , but if all of them properly live in accordance with their duties, they are understood to be  sādhus . Prajāpati Dakṣa was certainly a  sādhu  because he had executed such great austerities that the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Viṣṇu, had appeared before him. Nevertheless, he had a fault-finding mentality. He improperly thought Nārada Muni to be  asādhu , or nonsaintly, because Nārada had foiled his intentions. Desiring to train his sons to become  gṛhasthas  fully equipped with knowledge, Dakṣa had sent them to execute austerities by Nārāyaṇa-saras. Nārada Muni, however, taking advantage of their highly elevated position in austerity, instructed them to become Vaiṣṇavas in the renounced order. This is the duty of Nārada Muni and his followers. They must show everyone the path of renouncing this material world and returning home, back to Godhead. Prajāpati Dakṣa, however, could not see the exaltedness of the duties Nārada Muni performed in relation to his sons. Unable to appreciate Nārada Muni's behavior, Dakṣa accused Nārada of being  asādhu .
The words  bhikṣor mārga , "the path of the renounced order," are very significant in this regard. A  sannyāsī  is called  tridaṇḍi-bhikṣu  because his duty is to beg alms from the homes of  gṛhasthas  and to give the  gṛhasthas  spiritual instructions. A  sannyāsī  is allowed to beg from door to door, but a  gṛhastha  cannot do so.  Gṛhasthas  may earn their living according to the four divisions of spiritual life. A  brāhmaṇa gṛhastha  may earn his livelihood by becoming a learned scholar and teaching people in general how to worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He may also assume the duty of worship himself. Therefore it is said that only  brāhmaṇas  may engage in Deity worship, and they may accept as  prasāda  whatever people offer the Deity. Although a  brāhmaṇa  may sometimes accept charity, it is not for his personal maintenance but for the worship of the Deity. Thus a  brāhmaṇa  does not stock anything