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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 14]
mantriṇaḥ —ministers;  paurāḥ —inmates of the palace;  jānapadāḥ —the provincial governors;  bhūpāḥ —landholders;  ātma-jāḥ —sons;  vaśa-var-tinaḥ —under your full control.
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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यस्यात्मानुवशश्चेत्स्यात्सर्वे तद्वशगा इमे ।
लोकाः सपाला यच्छन्ति सर्वे बलिमतन्द्रिताः ॥२०॥
yasyātmānuvaśaś cet syāt sarve tad-vaśagā ime lokāḥ sapālā yacchanti sarve balim atandritāḥ
yasya —of whom;  ātmā —mind;  anuvaśaḥ —under control;  cet —if;  syāt —may be;  sarve —all;  tat-vaśa-gāḥ —under the control of him;  ime —these;  lokāḥ —the worlds;  sa-pālāḥ —with their governors;  yacchanti —offer;  sarve —all;  balim —contribution;  atandritāḥ —becoming free from laziness.
TRANSLATION
If the king's mind is fully controlled, all his family members and governmental officers are subordinate to him. His provincial governors present taxes on time, without resistance, and what to speak of lesser servants?