Chapter 14
अङ्गिरा उवाच अपि तेऽनामयं स्वस्ति प्रकृतीनां तथात्मन: । यथा प्रकृतिभिर्गुप्त: पुमान् राजा च सप्तभि: ॥ १७ ॥
Transliteration
aṅgirā uvāca api te ’nāmayaṁ svasti prakṛtīnāṁ tathātmanaḥ yathā prakṛtibhir guptaḥ pumān rājā ca saptabhiḥ
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
aṅgirāḥ uvāca — the great sage Aṅgirā said; api — whether; te — of you; anāmayam — health; svasti — auspiciousness; prakṛtīnām — of your royal elements (associates and paraphernalia); tathā — as well as; ātmanaḥ — of your own body, mind and soul; yathā — like; prakṛtibhiḥ — by the elements of material nature; guptaḥ — protected; pumān — the living being; rājā — the king; ca — also; saptabhiḥ — by seven.
Translation
“The great sage Aṅgirā said: My dear King, I hope that your body and mind and your royal associates and paraphernalia are well. When the seven properties of material nature [the total material energy, the ego and the five objects of sense gratification] are in proper order, the living entity within the material elements is happy. Without these seven elements one cannot exist. Similarly, a king is always protected by seven elements — his instructor (svāmī or guru), his ministers, his kingdom, his fort, his treasury, his royal order and his friends.”