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Mahabharat

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परप्रयुक्तः पुरुषो विचेष्टते सूत्रप्रोता दारुमयीव योषा । इमं दृष्ट्वा नियमं पाण्डवस्य मन्ये परं कर्म दैवं मनुष्यात्॥५-३२-१२॥

A man, driven by another, acts like a wooden puppet fastened by strings. Seeing this constraint laid upon the Pāṇḍava, I judge that daiva—destiny—determines more strongly than human effort.

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