"'Yudhishthira said, "Thou, O grandsire, art our highest preceptor in the matter of all acts that are difficult of accomplishment (in consequence of the commands of superiors on the one hand and the cruelty that is involved in them on the other). I ask, how should one judge of an act in respect of either one's obligation to do it or of abstaining from it? Is it to be judged speedily or with delay?"Mbh 12.266.1 · Mahabharata · SANTI PARVA
Mbh 12.266.1
Mahabharata · translated by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
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