Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 52


Sanskrit:

देहात्मवादिनां पुंसामपि राजन्यसत्तम ।यथा देह: प्रियतमस्तथा न ह्यनु ये च तम् ॥ ५२ ॥

ITRANS:

dehātma-vādināṁ puṁsāmapi rājanya-sattamayathā dehaḥ priyatamastathā na hy anu ye ca tam

Translation:

Indeed, for persons who think the body is the self, O best of kings, those things whose importance lies only in their relationship to the body are never as dear as the body itself.

Purport: