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Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

 

Does anybody know the origin of the famous sloka quoted on many occasions by

Srila Prabhupada:

 

atmanam sarvato rakset tato dharmam tato dhanam

atmanam vikrti sati tato kutam tato dharmam

 

"Atma, my identity, if I protect, then I can protect my religion, I can

protect my riches. And if I cannot protect myself, then where is my riches?

Where is my religion? That is our Vedic understanding. So to exist,

self-preservation, that is the basic principle of all truth."

 

I would be most grateful for a reference.

 

Your servant,

Madana-mohana das

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