देहिनामात्मवत्प्रेष्ठ: सुहृदां नन्दिवर्धन: । मुक्तसङ्गप्रसङ्गोऽयं दण्डपाणिरसाधुषु ॥ १८ ॥
dehinam atmavat-presthah suhrdam nandi-vardhanah mukta-sanga-prasango ’yam danda-panir asadhusu
- dehinam
- to all living entities having a body
- atma-vat
- as himself
- presthah
- considering dear
- suhrdam
- of his friends
- nandi-vardhanah
- increasing pleasures
- mukta-sanga
- with persons devoid of all material contamination
- prasangah
- intimately associated
- ayam
- this King
- danda-panih
- a chastising hand
- asadhusu
- to the criminals.
The King will consider all embodied living entities as dear as his own self, and he will always be increasing the pleasures of his friends. He will intimately associate with liberated persons, and he will be a chastising hand to all impious persons.