Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam

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api dārāḥ prajāmātyā
bhṛtyāḥ śreṇyo ’tha mantriṇaḥ
paurā jānapadā bhūpā
ātmajā vaśa-vartinaḥ

WORD BY WORD



TRANSLATION

O King, are your wives, citizens, secretaries and servants and the merchants who sell spices and oil under your control? Are you also in full control of ministers, the inhabitants of your palace, your provincial governors, your sons and your other dependents?

PURPORT

The master or king and his subordinates should be interdependent. Through cooperation, both of them can be happy.

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