Bhagavatapurana 5.15.7

5.15.7

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sa vai sva-dharmeṇa prajā-pālana-poṣaṇa-prīṇanopalālanānuśāsana-lakṣaṇenejyādinā ca bhagavati mahā-puruṣe parāvare brahmaṇi sarvātmanārpita-paramārtha-lakṣaṇena brahmavic-caraṇānusevayāpādita-bhagavad-bhakti-yogena cābhīkṣṇaśaḥ paribhāvitāti-śuddha-matir uparatānātmya ātmani svayam upalabhyamāna-brahmātmānubhavo 'pi nirabhimāna evāvanim ajūgupat //

7. Keeping to the course of righteous duties (as a king) namely, protection of subjects, providing them with the means of living, delighting them, caressing them and controlling them and also by sacrificial and other righteous acts which he offered in absolute faith to the Most High and glorious Brahman the supreme Person and by worshipping the feet of those that had realised Para Brahman and thus developing the habit of devotion to the glorious Lord, he got his mind purified every moment and in his mind rid of attachment to things other than Atman, (the body and its belongings) he realised the glory of Brahman one with Atman, and still, untouched

by pride he protected the earth.