SB 4.15.25

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Fourth Canto - Chapter 15: King Pṛthu's Appearance and Coronation

SB 4.15.24 - SB 4.15.26

His Divine Grace
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.

SB 4.15.24 - SB 4.15.26