Bhagavatapurana 5.13.10

5.13.10

karhi sma cit kṣudra-rasān vicinvaṃs tan-makṣikābhir vyathito vimānaḥ /
tatrāti-kṛcchrāt pratilabdhamāno balād vilumpanty atha taṃ tato 'nye //

10. Sometimes, seeking after the vulgar sorts of honey, stung by the bees surrounding them, losing its own self-respect or if per-

chance the lost self-respect be recovered with difficulty, it is forcibly robbed thereafter by others.