Expert in praise and dispraise, and themselves the origin or cause of other people's fame and ignominy, the Brahmanas, O king, always become angry with those who seek to injure others.
निन्दाप्रशंसाकुशलाः कीर्त्यकीर्तिपरायणाः। परिकुप्यति ते राजन् सततं द्विषतां द्विजाः॥