O destroyer of foes, the Shrutis say it, and I myself have seen it with my eyes, that one who is addicted to worldly objects can never obtain any kind of religious merit.
न हि कृत्स्नतमो धर्मः शक्यः प्राप्तुमिति श्रुतिः॥ परिग्रहवता तन्मे प्रत्यक्षमरिसूदन।