Mahabharat

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धर्मपाशनिबद्धेन यदि ते मर्षितं पुरा तथैव बद्धम आत्मानम अबद्धम इव मन्यसे ।। ४-५५-९ ।।

sanskrit

'If you have previously endured being bound by the snares of dharma, then even while bound, you consider yourself as if unbound.' ।। 4-55-9 ।।

english translation

dharmapAzanibaddhena yadi te marSitaM purA tathaiva baddhama AtmAnama abaddhama iva manyase || 4-55-9 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript