Just as a hunter takes away the honey laboriously produced by the honeybees, similarly, saintly mendicants such as brahmacārīs and sannyāsīs are entitled to enjoy the property painstakingly accumulated by householders dedicated to family enjoyment.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
सुदुःखोपार्जितैर्वित्तैराशासानां गृहाशिषः । मधुहेवाग्रतो भुङ्क्ते यतिर्वै गृहमेधिनाम्
suduḥkhopārjitairvittairāśāsānāṃ gṛhāśiṣaḥ | madhuhevāgrato bhuṅkte yatirvai gṛhamedhinām
SB 11.8.16