When Dharmaraja was in exile in the forest, Krishna visited him in his retreat and they talked for long on the vicissitudes of fortune and the effect of Karma and Dharma. Dharmaraja asked Krishna to give him some Upadesh or Formula which he can keep in memory and which will sustain him during the ups and downs of fortune. Krishna wrote a few words on a piece of paper and told him to look into it and read it, only when he becomes really desperate.
Later he opened the precious paper and found found the advice. The Upadesh was "Even this shall pass away". It meant "Why worry about this passing show? Put up with the good fortune as well as bad, knowing that both are transient."
(Chinna Katha from the Divince Discourses of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba)
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