Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 25


Sanskrit:

प्रभवो ह्यात्मन: स्तोत्रं जुगुप्सन्त्यपि विश्रुता: ।ह्रीमन्त: परमोदारा: पौरुषं वा विगर्हितम् ॥ २५ ॥

ITRANS:

prabhavo hy ātmanaḥ stotraṁjugupsanty api viśrutāḥhrīmantaḥ paramodārāḥpauruṣaṁ vā vigarhitam

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.

Purport: