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.