प्रभवो ह्यात्मन: स्तोत्रं जुगुप्सन्त्यपि विश्रुता: । ह्रीमन्त: परमोदारा: पौरुषं वा विगर्हितम् ॥ २५ ॥
prabhavo hy atmanah stotram jugupsanty api visrutah hrimantah paramodarah paurusam va vigarhitam
- prabhavah
- very powerful persons
- hi
- certainly
- atmanah
- of themselves
- stotram
- praise
- jugupsanti
- do not like
- api
- although
- visrutah
- very famous
- hri-mantah
- modest
- parama-udarah
- very magnanimous persons
- paurusam
- powerful actions
- va
- also
- vigarhitam
- abominable.
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.