The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Sanatsujātīyam

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p. 231

यमप्रयतमानं तु मानयन्ति स मानितः ।

In plain words

The one who never works at being honoured, and whom people honour anyway — he is the one who is honoured.

Close to the Sanskrit

But whom, not striving, they honour — he is the honoured one.