SB 4.15.25

प्रभवो ह्यात्मनः स्तोत्रंजुगुप्सन्त्यपि विश्रुताः ।
ह्रीमन्तः परमोदाराः पौरुषं वा विगर्हितम् ॥२५॥

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.

Text

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.

Purport

Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 4: Creation of the Fourth Order

Chapter 15: King Prithu's Appearance and Coronation. Text 25

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.