एवं सदा कर्मकलापमात्मन: परेऽधियज्ञे भगवत्यधोक्षजे । सर्वात्मभावं विदधन्महीमिमां तन्निष्ठविप्राभिहित: शशास ह ॥ २१ ॥
evam sada karma-kalapam atmanah pare ’dhiyajne bhagavaty adhoksaje sarvatma-bhavam vidadhan mahim imam tan-nistha-viprabhihitah sasasa ha
- evam
- thus (living a devotional life)
- sada
- always
- karma-kalapam
- the prescribed occupational duties as a ksatriya king
- atmanah
- of himself, personally (the head of the state)
- pare
- unto the supreme transcendence
- adhiyajne
- unto the supreme proprietor, the supreme enjoyer
- bhagavati
- unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- adhoksaje
- unto He who is beyond material sense perception
- sarva-atma-bhavam
- all different varieties of devotional service
- vidadhat
- executing, offering
- mahim
- the planet earth
- imam
- this
- tat-nistha
- who are faithful devotees of the Lord
- vipra
- by such brahmanas
- abhihitah
- directed
- sasasa
- ruled
- ha
- in the past
In performing his prescribed duties as king, Maharaja Ambarisa always offered the results of his royal activities to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, who is the enjoyer of everything and is beyond the perception of material senses. He certainly took advice from brahmanas who were faithful devotees of the Lord, and thus he ruled the plane earth without difficulty.