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Rajatarangini (Dvitiya) 114

Rājataraṅgiṇī (Dvitīyā) 114

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Sanskrit

114

kṣatrīkṛto 'pi nāmuñcat svadharmaṃ dvijabhūpatiḥ /
na māṇikyaśriyaṃ dhatte rañjito 'śmāpi jātucit //

Though elevated to Kṣatriyahood, that Brahmin king did not abandon his inherent nature; / even when coloured, a common stone never acquires the beauty of a ruby.

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