"When Dharmarâja 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. At last, Dharmarâja 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 on a piece of paper a few words and told him to look into it and read it only when he becomes really desperate. Later, he opened the precious paper, and found that 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".
(From the Divine Discourses of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba)
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