SB 4.15.25
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 25
- prabhavo hy ātmanaḥ stotraṁ
- jugupsanty api viśrutāḥ
- hrīmantaḥ paramodārāḥ
- pauruṣaṁ vā vigarhitam
SYNONYMS
prabhavaḥ — very powerful persons; hi — certainly; ātmanaḥ — of themselves; stotram — praise; jugupsanti — do not like; api — although; viśrutāḥ — very famous; hrī-mantaḥ — modest; parama-udārāḥ — very magnanimous persons; pauruṣam — powerful actions; vā — also; vigarhitam — abominable.
TRANSLATION
As a person with a sense of honor and magnanimity does not like to hear about his abominable actions, a person who is very famous and powerful does not like to hear himself praised.