Example Sentences:

Ramayana:  Manthara told Kaikeyi that Rama’s fourteen-year long exile would give Bharata enough time to burnish his image by giving profuse charity to the citizens of Ayodhya.

Mahabharata:  Performing the vaishnava yajna which was similar to the raja suya yajna, was Duryodhana’s attempt to burnish his reputation, which had been spoiled by the disrobing of Draupadi.

Bhagavad-gita:  When demoniac people do any religious activity, it is not to worship God; it is to burnish their own image.