Bhagavata Purana 4.16.18
Srimad Bhagavatam · 16 · Verse 18
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Sanskrit Original
देहिनामात्मवत्प्रेष्ठ: सुहृदां नन्दिवर्धन: । मुक्तसङ्गप्रसङ्गोऽयं दण्डपाणिरसाधुषु ॥ १८ ॥
dehinām ātmavat-preṣṭhaḥ suhṛdāṁ nandi-vardhanaḥ mukta-saṅga-prasaṅgo ’yaṁ daṇḍa-pāṇir asādhuṣu
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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.