The saintly brāhmaṇa said: Everyone considers certain things within the material world to be most dear to him, and because of attachment to such things one eventually becomes miserable. One who understands this gives up material possessiveness and attachment and thus achieves unlimited happiness.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
ब्राह्मण उवाच । परिग्रहो हि दुःखाय यद्यत्प्रियतमं नृणाम् । अनन्तं सुखमाप्नोति तद्विद्वान्यस्त्वकिञ्चनः
brāhmaṇa uvāca | parigraho hi duḥkhāya yadyatpriyatamaṃ nṛṇām | anantaṃ sukhamāpnoti tadvidvānyastvakiñcanaḥ
SB 11.9.1