अप्रेक्ष्य क्लममात्मनो विदधति प्रीत्या परेषां प्रियं
लज्जन्ते दूरितोद्यमादिव निजस्तोत्रानुबन्धादपि ।
विद्यावित्तकुलादिभिश्च यदमी यान्ति क्रमान्नम्रतां
रम्या कापि सतामियं विजयते नैसर्गिकी प्रक्रिया ॥
aprekṣya klamam ātmano vidadhati prītyā pareṣāṁ priyaṁ
lajjante dūritodyamād iva nija-stotrānubandhād api |
vidyā-vitta-kulādibhiś ca yad amī yānti kramān namratāṁ
ramyā kāpi satām iyaṁ vijayate naisargikī prakriyā ||
(Vidagdha-mādhava-nāṭaka: 1.11)
“Not considering their own fatigue, they lovingly please others. They feel ashamed as a result of [hearing] their own praise just as others do so as a result of commiting a sin. As far as they become endowed with knowledge, wealth, nobility, and so forth, so also they become humble. This extraordinary, delightful, and natural conduct of the sat [i.e., of sādhus] triumphs.”