The royal sage Mahabhisha, for want of this firinness, fell from heaven. Yayati, also, though his merits had become exhausted succeeded in regaining regions of happiness through his firmness.
राजर्षिरधृतिः स्वर्गात् पतितो हि महाभिषः। ययातिः क्षीणपुण्योऽपि धृत्या लोकानवाप्तवान्।॥