Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 25


Sanskrit:

लोकपालैरपि प्रार्थ्या: साम्राज्यैश्वर्यसम्पद: ।न नन्दयन्त्यप्रजं मां क्षुत्तृट्काममिवापरे ॥ २५ ॥

ITRANS:

loka-pālair api prārthyāḥsāmrājyaiśvarya-sampadaḥna nandayanty aprajaṁ māṁkṣut-tṛṭ-kāmam ivāpare

Translation:

As a person aggrieved by hunger and thirst is not pleased by the external gratification of flower garlands or sandalwood pulp, I am not pleased with my empire, opulence or possessions, which are desirable even for great demigods, because I have no son.

Purport: