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Text 25
prabhavo hy ātmanaḥ stotraṁ
jugupsanty api viśrutāḥ
hrīmantaḥ paramodārāḥ
pauruṣaṁ vā vigarhitam
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.
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.