When I know the origin of all the ordinances of mortality and when I ain acquainted with the instability of all objects, I can not, O Shakra, indulge in grief. All this is endued with an end.
वेद धर्मविधि कृत्स्नं भूतानां चाप्यनित्यताम्। तस्माच्छक न शोचामि सर्वं ह्येवेदमन्तवत्॥