महाभारत - उद्योग - निरर्थक

प्रसादो निष्फलो यस्य क्रोधश्चापि निरर्थकः |
न तं भर्तारमिच्छन्ति षण्डं पतिमिव स्त्रियः ||

- महाभारत, उद्योग

A person is to be considered useless if his being pleased does not help you, or his wrath is not potent enough. He is as useless as an impotent husband for a wife. No will want to serve such a master

- Mahabharatha, Udyoga