[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Historical poems, biographies and chronicles](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical) › [Kashmirian chronicles and court poems](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir) › [Rājataraṅgiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini) › [Rajatarangini (Dvitiya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja) › 13 # Rajatarangini (Dvitiya) 13 Rājataraṅgiṇī (Dvitīyā) 13 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja.13) kva cuṇṭhījalavan madvāk kva ca kāvyataraṅgitam / chāyāmātrānukāreṇa kiṃ naḍaṃ puṇḍrakāyate // > Where is my speech, like the water of a shallow well, and where is the billowing surge of courtly poetry? / Does a reed become sugarcane merely by imitating its shadow? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja.12) - [Next: 14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja.14) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja~en-mt.13) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja.13) · Pramāṇa