Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 34


Sanskrit:

कच्चिद् व: कुशलं ब्रह्मन् राजतो यस्य हि प्रजा: ।सुखं वसन्ति विषये पाल्यमाना: स मे प्रिय: ॥ ३४ ॥

ITRANS:

kaccid vaḥ kuśalaṁ brahmanrājato yasya hi prajāḥsukhaṁ vasanti viṣayepālyamānāḥ sa me priyaḥ

Translation:

O brāhmaṇa, is your King attending to your welfare? Indeed, that king in whose country the citizens are happy and protected is very dear to Me.

Purport: