20 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 6, Ch. 14
mantrinah—ministers; paurah—inmates of the palace; janapodah—the
provincial governors; bhiipah—landholders; atma-jah—sons; vasa-var-
tinah—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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yasyatmanuvasas cet syat
sarve tad-vasaga ime
lokah sapala yacchanti
sarve balim atandritah
yasya—of whom; dtmd—mind; anuvasah—under control; cet—if;
syat—may be; sarve—all; tat-vasa-gah—under the control of him;
ime—these; lokah—the worlds; sa-palah—with their governors; yac-
chanti—offer; sarve—all; balim—contribution; atandritah —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?
