Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 11
Sanskrit:
तुल्यश्रुततप:शीलास्तुल्यस्वीयारिमध्यमा: ।अपि चक्रु: प्रवचनमेकं शुश्रूषवोऽपरे ॥ ११ ॥
ITRANS:
tulya-śruta-tapaḥ-śīlāstulya-svīyāri-madhyamāḥapi cakruḥ pravacanamekaṁ śuśrūṣavo ’pare
Translation:
Although these sages were all equally qualified in terms of Vedic study and austerity, and although they all saw friends, enemies and neutral parties equally, they chose one of their number to be the speaker, and the rest became eager listeners.