[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) › 19 # Rajatarangini (Dvitiya) 19 Rājataraṅgiṇī (Dvitīyā) 19 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja.19) vinaiva prārthanāṃ kāvyaṃ kaveḫ paśyanti sādhavaḥ / kim arthitaś śaśī viśvaṃ sudhāsāreṇa siñcati // > Good men look upon a poet's courtly poetry even without being asked: / does the moon besprinkle the universe with a shower of nectar only when solicited? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja.18) - [Next: 20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja.20) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja~en-mt.19) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja.19) · Pramāṇa