deha-atma-vadinam -- who ascribe to the view that the body is the self; pumsam -- for persons; api -- indeed; rajanya-sat-tama -- O best of kings; yatha -- as; dehah -- the body; priya-tamah -- most dear; tatha -- thus; na -- not; hi -- certainly; anu -- relative; ye -- which things; ca -- and; tam -- to that.

Indeed, for persons who think the body is the self, O best of kings, those things whose importance lies only in their relationship to the body are never as dear as the body itself.