SB 4.15.25 • मूल श्लोक

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

Transliteration

prabhavo hy ātmanaḥ stotraṁ jugupsanty api viśrutāḥ hrīmantaḥ paramodārāḥ pauruṣaṁ vā vigarhitam

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

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.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda