Srimad Bhagavatam

siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-4/15/24

महद्गुणानात्मनि कर्तुमीशः कः स्तावकैः स्तावयतेऽसतोऽपि । तेऽस्याभविष्यन्निति विप्रलब्धो जनावहासं कुमतिर्न वेद ।। ४-१५-२४ ।।

sanskrit

How could an intelligent man competent enough to possess such exalted qualities allow his followers to praise him if he did not actually have them? Praising a man by saying that if he were educated he might have become a great scholar or great personality is nothing but a process of cheating. A foolish person who agrees to accept such praise does not know that such words simply insult him. ।। 4-15-24 ।।

english translation

hindi translation

mahadguNAnAtmani kartumIzaH kaH stAvakaiH stAvayate'sato'pi | te'syAbhaviSyanniti vipralabdho janAvahAsaM kumatirna veda || 4-15-24 ||

hk transliteration

siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-4/15/24

महद्गुणानात्मनि कर्तुमीशः कः स्तावकैः स्तावयतेऽसतोऽपि । तेऽस्याभविष्यन्निति विप्रलब्धो जनावहासं कुमतिर्न वेद ।। ४-१५-२४ ।।

sanskrit

How could an intelligent man competent enough to possess such exalted qualities allow his followers to praise him if he did not actually have them? Praising a man by saying that if he were educated he might have become a great scholar or great personality is nothing but a process of cheating. A foolish person who agrees to accept such praise does not know that such words simply insult him. ।। 4-15-24 ।।

english translation

hindi translation

mahadguNAnAtmani kartumIzaH kaH stAvakaiH stAvayate'sato'pi | te'syAbhaviSyanniti vipralabdho janAvahAsaM kumatirna veda || 4-15-24 ||

hk transliteration