Mayamatam 15.97

15.97

nirgamatsthitimad bhūtvā vṛkṣāntaranipātane
śiraḥsaṅgena nāśaḥ syānmūlasaṅge śramo bhavet

If in falling it strikes against another tree and halts, / contact with the crown causes ruin, contact with the trunk causes distress;