Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.51.52
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करोति कर्माणि तप:सुनिष्ठितो
निवृत्तभोगस्तदपेक्षयाददत् ।
पुनश्च भूयासमहं स्वराडिति
प्रवृद्धतर्षो न सुखाय कल्पते ॥ ५२ ॥
karoti karmāṇi tapaḥ-suniṣṭhito
nivṛtta-bhogas tad-apekṣayādadat
punaś ca bhūyāsam ahaṁ sva-rāḍ iti
pravṛddha-tarṣo na sukhāya kalpate
A king who desires even greater power than he already has strictly performs his duties, carefully practicing austerity and forgoing sense enjoyment. But he whose urges are so rampant, thinking “I am independent and supreme,” cannot attain happiness.
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