अङ्गिरा उवाच अपि तेऽनामयं स्वस्ति प्रकृतीनां तथात्मन: । यथा प्रकृतिभिर्गुप्त: पुमान् राजा च सप्तभि: ॥ १७ ॥
angira uvaca api te ’namayam svasti prakrtinam tathatmanah yatha prakrtibhir guptah puman raja ca saptabhih
- angirah uvaca
- the great sage Angira said
- api
- whether
- te
- of you
- anamayam
- health
- svasti
- auspiciousness
- prakrtinam
- of your royal elements (associates and paraphernalia)
- tatha
- as well as
- atmanah
- of your own body, mind and soul
- yatha
- like
- prakrtibhih
- by the elements of material nature
- guptah
- protected
- puman
- the living being
- raja
- the king
- ca
- also
- saptabhih
- by seven.
The great sage Angira 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 (svami or guru), his ministers, his kingdom, his fort, his treasury, his royal order and his friends.