It is very easy to direct others to do this or that. It is also easy to use force to make others obey you. It is also easy to use brutal force to subjugate others; you may be a winner, but if you are asked to change your lifestyle, give up your habits, or give up any kind of lust you are having, you will find it the most difficult or impossible to do so. The sacrifices to be made to win over oneself are really tremendous. For an ordinary man, relinquishing the empire is not possible, but Gautam Buddha did it. Though Nadir Shah defeated a number of kings with his brute force, he can’t be equated with Gautam Buddha. Samrat Ashoka became great only when he renounced the throne, not by defeating the Kalinga. It is rightly said that the man who can conquer himself is indeed great and mighty, and the man who conquers others is simply more powerful or strong.