The Pandavas knew the secret to success; Ordinary mortals start lamenting, ‘O, all my Puja has been in vain; all the worship, I offered so sincerely and with such heartfelt yearning is a waste’. Others too, laugh cynically at the misfortunes of the devotees and draw them away into dreary desert of unbelief. Do not give ear to these evil men. Be firmly rooted in Faith; feed the roots with repentance and prayers. Only those who are engaged in Puja and worship in order to impress others, will give them up when misfortune takes a turn. The rest will accept whatever comes with the supreme indifference of the saint; fortune, good or bad, is for them only the obverse and reverse of the coin of Divine Grace.
The true sign of a Sai bhakta is this steadiness. He cannot be swerved from this chosen path by cynicism or the call of luxurious pomp. He puts spiritual teachings into practice and knows the immeasurable gain it gives. (SSS Vol. 6, p. 214)