As fire in the hollow of a tree consumes the tree itself to its roots, so attachment, however little it may be, destroys both Dharma and Artha,
कोटराग्निर्यथाशेषं समूलं पादपं दहेत्। धर्मार्थो तु तथाल्पोऽपि रागदोषो विनाशयेत्॥