The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Sanatsujātīyam

p. 231

p. 231

कथं तर्हि मानितेनावमानितेन च वर्तव्यमित्याह श्लोकद्वयेन—

In plain words

Then how should a man carry himself when he is honoured, and how when he is slighted? He answers with two verses—

Close to the Sanskrit

How then should one who has been honoured, and one who has been dishonoured, conduct himself? — thus; he speaks by means of a pair of verses—