Men having no real merit and filled with a sense of self-admiration depreciate men of real merit, by mentioning their own virtues and riches.
निर्गुणास्त्वेव भूयिष्ठमात्मसम्भाविता नराः। दोषैरन्यान् गुणवतः क्षिपन्त्यात्मगुणक्षयात्॥