Mahabharata 12.149.56
भ्रान्तजीवस्य वै बाष्पं कस्माद्धित्वा न गच्छथनिरर्थको ह्ययं स्नेहो निरर्थश्च परिग्रहः
bhrāntajīvasya vai bāṣpaṃ kasmāddhitvā na gacchathanirarthako hyayaṃ sneho nirarthaśca parigrahaḥ
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