[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) › 20 # Rajatarangini (Dvitiya) 20 Rājataraṅgiṇī (Dvitīyā) 20 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja.20) 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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja.19) - [Next: 21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja.21) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja~en-mt.20) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja.20) · Pramāṇa