मातृभक्ति: परस्त्रीषु पत्न्यामर्ध इवात्मन: । प्रजासु पितृवत्स्निग्ध: किङ्करो ब्रह्मवादिनाम् ॥ १७ ॥
matr-bhaktih para-strisu patnyam ardha ivatmanah prajasu pitrvat snigdhah kinkaro brahma-vadinam
- matr-bhaktih
- as respectful as one is to his mother
- para-strisu
- to other women
- patnyam
- to his own wife
- ardhah
- half
- iva
- like
- atmanah
- of his body
- prajasu
- unto the citizens
- pitr-vat
- like a father
- snigdhah
- affectionate
- kinkarah
- servant
- brahma-vadinam
- of the devotees who preach the glories of the Lord.
The King will respect all women as if they were his own mother, and he will treat his own wife as the other half of his body. He will be just like an affectionate father to his citizens, and he will treat himself as the most obedient servant of the devotees, who always preach the glories of the Lord.