स वै स्वधर्मेण प्रजापालन पोषणप्रीणनोपलालनानुशासनलक्षणेनेज्यादिना च भगवति महापुरुषे परावरे ब्रह्मणि सर्वात्मनार्पितपरमार्थलक्षणेन ब्रह्मविच्चरणानुसेवयाऽऽपादितभगवद्भक्तियोगेन चाभीक्ष्णश: परिभावितातिशुद्ध मतिरुपरतानात्म्य आत्मनि स्वयमुपलभ्यमानब्रह्मात्मानुभवोऽपि निरभिमान एवावनिमजूगुपत् ॥ ७ ॥
sa vai sva-dharmena praja-palana-posana-prinanopalalananusasana-laksanenejyadina ca bhagavati maha-puruse paravare brahmani sarvatmanarpita-paramartha-laksanena brahmavic-carananusevayapadita-bhagavad-bhakti-yogena cabhiksnasah paribhavitati-suddha-matir uparatanatmya atmani svayam upalabhyamana-brahmatmanubhavo ’pi nirabhimana evavanim ajugupat.
- sah
- that King Gaya
- vai
- indeed
- sva-dharmena
- by his own duty
- praja-palana
- of protecting the subjects
- posana
- of maintaining them
- prinana
- of making them happy in all respects
- upalalana
- of treating them as sons
- anusasana
- of sometimes chastising them for their mistakes
- laksanena
- by the symptoms of a king
- ijya-adina
- by performing the ritualistic ceremonies as recommended in the Vedas
- ca
- also
- bhagavati
- unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Visnu
- maha-puruse
- the chief of all living entities
- para-avare
- the source of all living entities, from the highest, Lord Brahma, to the lowest, like the insignificant ants
- brahmani
- unto Parabrahman, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vasudeva
- sarva-atmana
- in all respects
- arpita
- of being surrendered
- parama-artha-laksanena
- with spiritual symptoms
- brahma-vit
- of self-realized, saintly devotees
- carana-anusevaya
- by the service of the lotus feet
- apadita
- achieved
- bhagavat-bhakti-yogena
- by the practice of devotional service to the Lord
- ca
- also
- abhiksnasah
- continuously
- paribhavita
- saturated
- ati-suddha-matih
- whose completely pure consciousness (full realization that the body and mind are separate from the soul)
- uparata-anatmye
- wherein identification with material things was stopped
- atmani
- in his own self
- svayam
- personally
- upalabhyamana
- being realized
- brahma-atma-anubhavah
- perception of his own position as the Supreme Spirit
- api
- although
- nirabhimanah
- without false prestige
- eva
- in this way
- avanim
- the whole world
- ajugupat
- ruled strictly according to the Vedic principles
King Gaya gave full protection and security to the citizens so that their personal property would not be disturbed by undesirable elements. He also saw that there was sufficient food to feed all the citizens (This is called posana.) He would sometimes distribute gifts to the citizens to satisfy them (This is called prinana.) He would sometimes call meetings and satisfy the citizens with sweet words (This is called upalalana.) He would also give them good instructions on how to become first-class citizens (This is called anusasana.) Such were the characteristics of King Gaya’s royal order. Besides all this, King Gaya was a householder who strictly observed the rules and regulations of household life. He performed sacrifices and was an unalloyed pure devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He was called Mahapurusa because as a king he gave the citizens all facilities, and as a householder he executed all his duties so that at the end he became a strict devotee of the Supreme Lord. As a devotee, he was always ready to give respect to other devotees and to engage in the devotional service of the Lord. This is the bhakti-yoga process. Due to all these transcendental activities, King Gaya was always free from the bodily conception. He was full in Brahman realization, and consequently he was always jubilant. He did not experience material lamentation. Although he was perfect in all respects, he was not proud, nor was he anxious to rule the kingdom.