Shanti Parva 320.134
Rahular Itihasa / M. N. Dutt · Shanti Parva Chapter 320 · Verse 134
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यदा ह्याज्ञापयत्यन्यांस्तत्रास्योक्ता स्वतन्त्रता। अवशः कार्य ते तत्र तस्मिंस्तस्मिन् क्षणे स्थितः।।१४२
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When, indeed, he passes orders on other men, he is said to be perfectly independent. But the moment after, in the several matters of his orders, his independence is limited by the very men whom he has ordered.