Rajatarangini (Dvitiya) 20
Rājataraṅgiṇī (Dvitīyā) 20
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- Sanskrit
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anunīto 'pi kāluṣyaṃ khalaẖ kāvye na muñcati /
sudhādhauto 'pi nāṅgāraś śubhratām eti jātucit //
Even when conciliated, a villain does not abandon foulness toward courtly poetry: / charcoal, even when washed with nectar, never becomes white.
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