[neeti-29]
यदचेतनोऽपि पादैः स्पृष्टः प्रज्वलति सवितुरिनकान्तः ।तत्तेजस्वी पुरुषः परकृतनिकृतिं कथं सहते ॥२९॥yadacetano'pi pādaiḥ spṛṣṭaḥ prajvalati saviturinakāntaḥ |tattejasvī puruṣaḥ parakṛtanikṛtiṃ kathaṃ sahate ||29||
Translation
(HOW CAN A MAN OF SELF-RESPECT BEAR WITH INSULTS?)
Even if inert by nature, the ‘Sun-stone’ blazes red in hue (with anger) when the Sun steps on it (sunrays fall on it)! How then can a man who has the shine of consciousness (and is established in the Knowledge of Reality) bear the insult of an enemy?! ॥ 29 ॥