Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.14.18
ఆత్మానం ప్రకృతిష్వద్ధా నిధాయ శ్రేయ ఆప్నుయాత్ ।
రాజ్ఞా తథా ప్రకృతయో నరదేవాహితాధయ: ॥ ౧౮ ॥
ātmānaṁ prakṛtiṣv addhā
[aatmaanam prakritishv addhaa]
nidhāya śreya āpnuyāt
[nidhaaya shreya aapnuyaat]
rājṣā tathā prakṛtayo
[raajshaa tathaa prakritayo]
naradevāhitādhayaḥ
[naradevaahitaadhayah]
Word-for-word
ātmānam
—
himself
prakṛtiṣu
—
under these seven royal elements
addhā
—
directly
nidhāya
—
placing
śreyaḥ
—
ultimate happiness
āpnuyāt
—
may obtain
rājṣā
—
by the king
tathā
—
so also
prakṛtayaḥ
—
the dependent royal elements
nara-deva
—
O King
āhita-adhayaḥ
—
offering wealth and other items.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
ātmānaṁ prakṛtiṣv addhā
ātmānam
himself
prakṛtiṣu
under these seven royal elements
addhā
directly
nidhāya śreya āpnuyāt
nidhāya
placing
śreyaḥ
ultimate happiness
āpnuyāt
may obtain
rājṣā tathā prakṛtayo
rājṣā
by the king
tathā
so also
prakṛtayaḥ
the dependent royal elements
naradevāhitādhayaḥ
nara-deva
O King
āhita-adhayaḥ
offering wealth and other items.
O King, O lord of humanity, when a king directly depends upon his associates and follows their instructions, he is happy. Similarly, when his associates offer their gifts and activities to the king and follow his orders, they are also happy.
Purport
The actual happiness of a king and his dependents is described in this verse. A king should not simply give orders to his dependents because he is supreme; sometimes he must follow their instructions. Similarly, the dependents should depend on the king. This mutual dependence will make everyone happy.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
O King! When a king directly depends upon his associates and follows their instructions, he is happy. Similarly, when his associates offer their gifts and activities to the king and follow his orders, they are also happy.
When the king gives all his duties to his ministers the kingdom is happy. O King! Ministers who offer wealth, horses and elephants, cause of anxiety and greed, to the king, are protected by the king. Another version has āhatādhayaḥ: ministers whose anxieties are destroyed by the king become happy.
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