Bhagavatapurana 11.23.36

11.23.36

yata-vācaṃ vācayanti tāḍayanti na vakti cet /
tarjayanty apare vāgbhiḥ steno 'yam iti vādinaḥ /
badhnanti rajjvā taṃ kecid badhyatāṃ badhyatām iti //

36. The sinful people make water on him, cast all nuisance on his head; they force the silent sage to speak, and if he does not, they beat him.

37 & 38. They say, ‘he is a thief,’ and threaten him with words, some tie him with ropes, saying, ‘kill him,’ ‘kill him,’ some hurl him down, treating him with contempt, saying, “he is a rogue posing himself to be a righteous man; having lost his wealth and abandoned by his people, he has taken to this course of life.”