Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 43: Kṛṣṇa Kills the Elephant Kuvalayāpīḍa

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.43.33

priyaḿ rājñaḥ prakurvatyaḥ

śreyo vindanti vai prajāḥ

manasā karmaṇā vācā

viparītam ato 'nyathā

SYNONYMS

priyam — the pleasure; rājñaḥ — of the King; prakurvatyaḥ — executing; śreyaḥ — good fortune; vindanti — acquire; vai — indeed; prajāḥ — citizens; manasā — with their minds; karmaṇā — with their deeds; vācā — with their words; viparītam — opposite; ataḥto this; anyathā — otherwise.

TRANSLATION

Subjects of the King who try to please him with their thoughts, acts and words are sure to achieve good fortune, but those who fail to do so will suffer the opposite fate.

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