Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 19


Sanskrit:

अपि दारा: प्रजामात्या भृत्या: श्रेण्योऽथ मन्त्रिण: ।पौरा जानपदा भूपा आत्मजा वशवर्तिन: ॥ १९ ॥

ITRANS:

api dārāḥ prajāmātyābhṛtyāḥ śreṇyo ’tha mantriṇaḥpaurā jānapadā bhūpāātmajā vaśa-vartinaḥ

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.