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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 10]
different from his car, but if there is damage to the car, the owner of the car, being overly attached to the car, feels pain. Actually, the damage done to the car has nothing to do with the car's proprietor, but because the proprietor has identified himself with the interest of the car, he feels pleasure and pain connected with it. This conditional state can be avoided if attachment is withdrawn from the car. Then the proprietor would not feel pleasure or pain if the car is damaged or whatever. Similarly, the soul has nothing to do with the body and the senses, but due to ignorance, he identifies himself with the body, and he feels pleasure and pain due to bodily pleasure and pain.
TEXT 23
शास्ताभिगोमा नृपतिः प्रजानां
यः किङ्करो वै न पिनष्टि पिष्टम् ।
स्वधर्ममाराधनमन्युतस्य
यदीहमानो विजहात्यघोषम् ॥२३॥
śāstābhigoptā nṛpatiḥ prajānām
yaḥ kiṅkaro vai na pinaṣṭi piṣṭam
sva-dharmam ārādhanam acyutasya
yad īhamāno vijahāty aghaugham
śāstā —the governor;  abhigoptā —a well-wisher of the citizens as a father is the well-wisher of his children;  nṛ-patiḥ —the king;  prajānām —of the citizens;  yaḥ —one who;  kiṅkaraḥ —order carrier;  vai —indeed;  na —not;  pinaṣṭi piṣṭam —grinds what is already ground;  sva-dharmam —one's own occupational duty;  ārādhanam —worshiping;  acyutasya —of the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  yat —which;  īhamānaḥ —performing;  vijahāti —they are released from;  aghaugham —all kinds of sinful activity and faulty action.
TRANSLATION
My dear sir, you have said that the relationship between the king and the subject or between the master and the servant are not eter-