प्रभवन्तं पदस्थं हि परुषं कोऽभिभाषते। पण्डितः शास्त्रतत्त्वज्ञो विना प्रोत्साहनेन वा॥
prabhavantaṃ padasthaṃ hi paruṣaṃ ko'bhibhāṣate| paṇḍitaḥ śāstratattvajño vinā protsāhanena vā||
English Meaning
Who that is wise and learned, ever address him roughly that is at once puissant and of (high) station, if not to spur him on?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)