अनित्यत्वे कृतमतिर्म्लानमाल्ये न शोचति ।
नित्यत्वे कृतबुद्धिस्तु भिन्नभाण्डेऽनुशोचति ॥
anityatve kṛta-matir mlāna-mālye na śocati |
nityatve kṛta-buddhis tu bhinna-bhāṇḍe’nuśocati ||
(Mahāsubhāṣita-saṅgraha)
“When the mind is fixed regarding impermanence, it does not lament over [even] a withered garland. When the mind is fixed on permanence, however, it laments over [even] a broken pot.”