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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.14.17

అఙ్గిరా ఉవాచ అపి తేఽనామయం స్వస్తి ప్రకృతీనాం తథాత్మన: । యథా ప్రకృతిభిర్గుప్త: పుమాన్ రాజా చ సప్తభి: ॥ ౧౭ ॥
aṅgirā uvāca
[angiraa uvaacha]
api te ’nāmayaṁ svasti
[api te ’naamayam svasti]
prakṛtīnāṁ tathātmanaḥ
[prakriteenaam tathaatmanah]
yathā prakṛtibhir guptaḥ
[yathaa prakritibhir guptah]
pumān rājā ca saptabhiḥ
[pumaan raajaa cha saptabhih]
aṅgirāḥ uvāca — the great sage Aṅgirā said api — whether te — of you anāmayam — health svasti — auspiciousness prakṛtīnām — of your royal elements (associates and paraphernalia) tathā — as well as ātmanaḥ — of your own body, mind and soul yathā — like prakṛtibhiḥ — by the elements of material nature guptaḥ — protected pumān — the living being rājā — the king ca — also saptabhiḥ — by seven.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
aṅgirā uvāca
aṅgirāḥ uvāca
the great sage Aṅgirā said
api te ’nāmayaṁ svasti
api
whether
te
of you
prakṛtīnāṁ tathātmanaḥ
anāmayam
health
svasti
auspiciousness
yathā prakṛtibhir guptaḥ
prakṛtīnām
of your royal elements (associates and paraphernalia)
tathā
as well as
ātmanaḥ
of your own body, mind and soul
yathā
like
prakṛtibhiḥ
by the elements of material nature
guptaḥ
protected
pumān rājā ca saptabhiḥ
pumān
the living being
rājā
the king
ca
also
saptabhiḥ
by seven.
The great sage Aṅgirā said: My dear King, I hope that your body and mind and your royal associates and paraphernalia are well. When the seven properties of material nature [the total material energy, the ego and the five objects of sense gratification] are in proper order, the living entity within the material elements is happy. Without these seven elements one cannot exist. Similarly, a king is always protected by seven elements — his instructor (svāmī or guru), his ministers, his kingdom, his fort, his treasury, his royal order and his friends.

As it is quoted by Śrīdhara Svāmī in his Bhāgavatam commentary:

svāmy-amātyau janapadā durga-draviṇa-saṣcayāḥ daṇḍo mitraṁ ca tasyaitāḥ sapta-prakṛtayo matāḥ

A king is not alone. He first has his spiritual master, the supreme guide. Then come his ministers, his kingdom, his fortifications, his treasury, his system of law and order, and his friends or allies. If these seven are properly maintained, the king is happy. Similarly, as explained in Bhagavad-gītā ( dehino ’smin yathā dehe ), the living entity, the soul, is within the material covering of the mahat-tattva, ego and paṣca-tanmātrā, the five objects of sense gratification. When these seven are in proper order, the living entity is in a mood of pleasure. Generally when the associates of the king are quiet and obedient, the king can be happy. Therefore the great sage Aṅgirā Ṛṣi inquired about the King’s personal health and the good fortune of his seven associates. When we inquire from a friend whether everything is well, we are concerned not only with his personal self but also with his family, his source of income, and his assistants or servants. All of them must be well, and then a person can be happy.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Aṅgirā said: Do you have health, good fortune and ministers? Just as man is protected by the seven elements, the king is protected by seven elements. Do you have good health, good fortune and ministers? The happiness of the king depends on the happiness of the ministers and the happiness of the ministers depends on the happiness of the king. An example is given. Just as the jīva is protected by the seven elements beginning with mahat-tattva, [Note: Mahat-tattva, ahaṅkāra, and the five tan-mātras.] since he cannot exist for an instance without these elements, a king is protected by seven elements: guru, ministers, friends, treasury, population, fort and strength.
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