Example Sentences:

Ramayana: One of his illustrious ancestors, the Ayodhya potentate Anaranya, had been slain by Ravana.

Mahabharata: Although Dhritarashtra was on the Kuru throne, he was a potentate in name only – he was enfeebled not just by his blindness but also by his blind attachment to his sons.  

Bhagavad-gita:  In its eleventh chapter, the Gita declares that no one, not even the greatest potentates, would have the potency to counter death on the battlefield of Kurukshetra.