A man of honour lives in this material world so long as he receives the homage due to him, but when he is woefully dishonored, he is spoken of as one more dead than alive.
स्तदा स वै जीवति जीवलोके। यदाऽवमानं लभते महान्तं तदा जीवन्मृत इत्युच्यते सः॥