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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 14]
A  gṛhastha  should be very much affectionate toward lower animals, birds and bees, treating them exactly like his own children. A  gṛhastha  should not indulge in killing animals or birds for sense gratification. He should provide the necessities of life even to the dogs and the lowest creatures and should not exploit others for sense gratification. Factually, according to the instructions of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , every  gṛhastha  is a great communist who provides the means of living for everyone. Whatever a  gṛhastha  may possess he should equally distribute to all living entities, without discrimination. The best process is to distribute  prasāda .
A  gṛhastha  should not be very much attached to his wife; he should engage even his own wife in serving a guest with all attention. Whatever money a  gṛhastha  accumulates by the grace of God he should spend in five activities, namely worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead, receiving  Vaiṣṇavas  and saintly persons, distributing  prasāda  to the general public and to all living entities, offering  prasāda  to his forefathers, and also offering  prasāda  to his own self.  Gṛhasthas  should always be ready to worship everyone as mentioned above. The  gṛhastha  should not eat anything not offered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As it is said in the  Bhagavad-gītā  (3.13),  yajña-śiṣṭāśinaḥ santo mucyante sarva-kilbiṣaiḥ : “The devotees of the Lord are released from all kinds of sins because they eat food that is offered first for sacrifice.” The  gṛhastha  should also visit the holy places of pilgrimage mentioned in the  Purāṇas . In this way he should fully engage in worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead for the benefit of his family, his society, his country, and humanity at large.
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श्रीयुधिष्ठिर उवाच
गृहस्य एतां पदवीं विधिना येन चाञ्जसा ।
यायाद्देवऋषे ब्रूहि मादृशो गृहमूढधीः ॥ १ ॥
śrī-yudhiṣṭhira uvāca 
    gṛhastha etāṁ padavīṁ 
    vidhinā yena cāñjasā 
    yāyād deva-ṛṣe brūhi 
    mādṛśo gṛha-mūdha-dhīḥ