What does this proverb mean to you?

Question

Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box.

Answer 1

It doesn't matter how much we have in life nor how important we are...we're all going doing to die and take nothing with us.

Answer 2

That underneath it all, we are all the same.

Answer 3

for example two persons are quarrelling about someting/ a game between two baseball team  and both of them are tryng to prove that the team they supporting  will be the winner then when the game of baseball is finally over and both of them find out that no one actually wins both of them stop arguewing. it's as simple as that.