राजा कर्ता च गोप्ता च सर्वस्य जगतः पिता। राजा कालो युगं चैव राजा सर्वमिदं जगत्॥
rājā kartā ca goptā ca sarvasya jagataḥ pitā| rājā kālo yugaṃ caiva rājā sarvamidaṃ jagat||
English Meaning
The king is the lord and father of the whole universe. He is time, he is Yuga and he is the creation, mobile and immobile.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)