The Book of Akbar 389.1.8
The Akbarnama (H. Beveridge), vols. I–II 389.1.8
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389.1.8
When one is given to understand by the tongue of actions that his service has been entrusted to another and that a servant who is chief manager has arrived on the scene, it is folly to be vexed; and such conduct is to allow oneself to be overcome of his desires. Rather, it is to overset oneself, and to damage oneself by one’s own hand.