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| Canto 6: Prescribed Duties for Mankind | Chapter 14: King Citraketu's Lamentation |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.14.19
bhrityāh śrenyo 'tha mantrinah
SYNONYMS
api — whether; dārāh — wives; prajā — citizens; amātyāh — and secretaries; bhrityāh — servants; śrenyah — merchants; atha — as well as; mantrinah — ministers; paurāh — inmates of the palace; jānapadāh — the provincial governors; bhūpāh — landholders; ātma-jāh — sons; vaśa-vartinah — 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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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness