Sanskrit Wisdom - 77

ghaTam bhindhyaat paTam chindhyaat kuryaadraasabharohaNam |

yena kena prakaarena prasiddhah puroosho bhavet ||

GaTM iBanVat\ pTM iCnVat\ kuya-ad`asaBaraohNama\ a
yaona kona p`karoNa p`isaw: puÉYaao Bavaot\ aa

Explanation
This subhāşita describes the various ways some people employ to get (cheap) publicity: breaking pots, tearing off the cloth strips, riding a donkey. By hook or by crook, they seek to become popular.