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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 15]
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.
TEXT 26
वयं त्वविदिता लोके स्रताद्यापि वरीममिः ।
कर्ममिः कथमात्मानं गापयिष्याम बालवत् ॥२६॥
vayam tv aviditā loke
sūtādyāpi varīmabhiḥ
karmabhiḥ katham ātmānam
gāpayiṣyāma bālavat
vayam—we; tu—then; aviditāḥ—not famous; loke—in the world; sūtā-ādya—O persons headed by the sūta; api—just now; varīmabhiḥ—great, praiseworthy; karmabhiḥ—by actions; katham—how; ātmānam—unto myself; gāpayiṣyāma—I shall engage you in offering; bāla-vat—like children.
TRANSLATION
King Pṛthu continued: My dear devotees, headed by the sūta, just now I am not very famous for my personal activities because I have not done anything praiseworthy you could glorify. Therefore how could I engage you in praising my activities exactly like children?
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Fifteenth Chapter, Fourth Canto, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “King Pṛthu’s Appearance and Coronation.”