The ma- xim of the buckets attached to the water-wheel. It takes its origin from the fact that while some of the buckets filled with water go up, some are emptied of their contents, while others go down quite empty; and is used to denote the various vicissitudes of worldly existence; cf. kāṃścittucchayati prapūrayati vā kāṃścinnaya- tyunnatiṃ kāṃścitpātavidhau karoti ca punaḥ kāṃ- ścinnayatyākulān....