A man does not attain to happiness who has not got what he desires; and in fact he certainly feels his want as does the Ganga on losing herself in the ocean.
प्रियाभावाच्च पुरुषो नैव प्राप्नोति शोभनम्। ध्रुवं चाभावमभ्येति गत्वा गङ्गेव सागरम्॥