आयु: श्रियं यशो धर्मं लोकानाशिष एव च ।
हन्ति श्रेयांसि सर्वाणि पुंसो महदतिक्रम: ॥

āyuḥ śriyaṁ yaśo dharmaṁ lokān āśiṣa eva ca |
hanti śreyāṁsi sarvāṇi puṁso mahad-atikramaḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 10.4.46; cited in Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 2.15.270 and 2.25.84)

“Disrespecting the great [i.e., great persons] destroys a person’s lifespan, wealth, fame, virtue, destinations [in this life and the next], and desired ends, as well as all one’s auspicious endeavors.”

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