When the root of a refuge is cut off, all the refugees die. When the root of a tree cut off, how would the branches live?
छिन्नमूले त्वधिष्ठाने सर्वेषां जीवनं हतम्। कथ हि शाखास्तिष्ठेयुश्छिन्नमूले वनस्पतौ॥