Write a note on Ashrama System with the help of stages involved in it.

The Ashrama System of the Vedic culture lays down the norms of living an ideal life by dividing the span of human life into four successive stages, namely Brahmacharyashram, Grihasthashram, Vanaprasthashram, and Sanyasashram.

• In the first stage, one was expected to spend an austere life and earn knowledge and necessary occupational skills. 
• In the second stage, one was expected to fulfill one’s prescribed duties with one’s wife by his side. 
• In the third stage, one was expected to retire from the active life of the householder and if the need is to give advice to the younger people. It was also desirable that one should stay away from human settlement. 
• In the fourth and the last stage one was expected to renounce all the family bonds, accept a wandering life, and go away. A Sanyasi was not permitted to settle at one place for a longer time.