Subject to the influence of vanity never insult any body in any way, who he be, your inferior or your superior; such a conduct, O king, would not be proper for you.
मा च दर्पसमाविष्टः क्षेप्सीः कांश्चित् कथंचन॥ अल्पीयांसं विशिष्टं वां तत् ते राजन् समाहितम्।