That person who, though himself competent yet asks another, or who pays a graceful tribute to another certainly deserves, I think, to be considered as righteoussouled. Indeed, such a person deserves to be called learned and wise.
प्रभवन् पृच्छते यो हि सम्मानयति वा पुनः। नूनं जनमदुष्टात्मा पण्डिताख्यां स गच्छति॥