प्रयत्ने समस्ते केचिदेव स्युः फलभागिनः

प्रयत्ने समस्ते केचिदेव स्युः फलभागिनः।

क्षीरोदमथनाद्देवैरमृतं प्रापि नासुरैः॥

कुसुमदेव् दृष्टान्तशतकम्॥

prayatne samaste kecideva syuḥ phalabhāginaḥ|

kṣīrodanmathanāddevairamṛtaṁ prāpi nāsuraiḥ||

kusumadev dṛṣṭāntaśatakam||

Most of the time a huge group of people toil hard, day and day out, to realize some goal. However, when the mission is completed successfully, only some people derive and enjoy the results of such achievement.

We know that story of churning of the Milky ocean to win the life-giving amrita or ambrosia. Thirty three crores of Devas and Sixty six crores of Asuras worked on the project for ages. But when the results came in the shape of the pot of ambrosia, the Devas, with the active support of Vishnu, just stole away the whole quantity, leaving not even some drops of the nectar for the consumption of the Asuras.

This is a tragi-comic reality that most of us face in life.

Sometimes we may be the part of the team that got sometimes. And often we would be left empty handed in spite of all the toil.