Which of the following Upanishads explicitly mentions the three stages of life (Ashramas) and later forms the basis for the four Ashramas system?

💡 Solution & Explanation

The Jabala Upanishad is a notable text associated with the Shukla Yajurveda that explicitly enumerates all four traditional ashramas of human life: Brahmacharya, Grihastha, Vanaprastha, and Sanyasa. Other options like the Chandogya Upanishad mention only three stages, whereas the Jabala text is credited with formalizing the complete fourfold scheme.