Persons of inferior attainments, began to cherish animosities towards elders possessed of superior qualifications, and while the latter, endued with virtue and merit, used to discourse on proper topics in the midst of assemblies, the former began to ridicule or laugh at them.
सभासदां च वृद्धानां सतां कथयतां कथाः। प्राहसन्नभ्यसूयंश्च सर्ववृद्धान् गुणावराः॥