कस्यैकान्तं सुखमुपनतं दु:खमेकान्ततो वा ।
नीचैर्गच्छत्युपरि च दशा चक्रनेमिक्रमेण ॥
kasyaikāntaṁ sukham upanataṁ duḥkham ekāntato vā |
nīcair gacchati upari ca daśā cakranemi-krameṇa ||
(Kālidāsa’s Megha-dūta: 106)
“Who has experienced constant happiness or constant suffering? [No one.] One’s condition goes up and down like the movement of the rim of a wheel.”