Attachment is the root of all misery and of all fear. Attachment produces joy and grief of every kind. From attachment spring all worldly desires and it is from attachment that springs the love of worldly goods. Both of these are evils, but the first is worse than the second.
स्नेहमूलानि दुःखानि स्नेहजानि भयानि च। शोकहर्षों तथाऽऽयासः सर्वं स्नेहात् प्रवर्तते॥ स्नेहाद् भावोऽनुरागश्च प्रजज्ञे विषये तथा। अश्रेयस्कावुभावेतौ पूर्वस्तत्र गुरुः स्मृतः॥