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| Canto 4: Creation of the Fourth Order | Chapter 15: King Prithu's Appearance and Coronation |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 4.15.25
hrimantah paramodarah
SYNONYMS
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; paurusham -- powerful actions; va -- 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.
Copyright (c) The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness