Madhvaon Brahma Sūtra 3.4.49

(They are superior to all those, that are in the diffe- rent Asramas or stages of life). Not only the two stages (mentioned under the previous Sutra, but all the four stages are> appropriately filled by the gods; for, it is taught in the Katintharavya Sruti that the duties of all other stages are discharged by the gods, the ascetic condition being taken as typical. The Sruti runs thus: “ The gods only are the Bralimacharins, the gods are the householders, the gods are the hermits just as they are the ascetics; they are of all castes and they are of all Asramas or stages, for they do the duties of all.”