Verse 23·VR 4.18.23

भरतः तु महीपालो वयम् तु आदेश वर्तिनः || ४-१८-२३ त्वम् च धर्मात् अतिक्रान्तः कथम् शक्यम् उपेक्षितुम् |

guru dharma vyatikraantam praaj~no dharmeNa paalayan || 4-18-24bharataH kaama yuktaanaam nigrahe paryavasthitaH |

Translation

While Bharata is the lord of land and we are his proxies adhering to his orders, and while you too have overstepped the bounds of rightness, then how is it possible to be lenient? [4-18-23b, 24a]

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