There is an important point here. When people are looking for success [whatever be its nature], they are basically looking for happiness. They want to experience happiness through success, achievement, or whatever. All these and the accompanying happiness are sought in the external world. Since the world is transient, it is inevitable that anything that it has to offer is also ephemeral. In other words, worldly joy will always be short-lived; no escape from that. Hence, it is prudent not to look for something that is short-lived. In particular, if one is looking for pleasure, then one had better be ready to face pain also some day, sooner or later.

But is there not something wrong about all this? What is the meaning of saying one should not seek happiness? What then is one supposed to do? Try to be sad? No, it is not like that! Swami says and this is also what Krishna told Arjuna, “Son, nobody is asking you to be sad. Only, you should seek true Bliss instead of worldly joy and pleasure”.