The attachment a person feels for living in a village or town is like a cord which fetters him strongly. Those that are good break that cord and acquire liberation, while they the wicked cannot break them.
निबन्धनी रज्जुरेषा या ग्रामे वसतो रतिः। छित्त्वैतां सुकृतो यान्ति नैनां छिन्दन्ति दुष्कृतः॥