[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) › 23 # Rajatarangini (Dvitiya) 23 Rājataraṅgiṇī (Dvitīyā) 23 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja.23) kāvyaṃ śrutam api prītyai nābodhopahatātmanām / hīnadantabalasyekṣur mukhe nyastaẖ karoti kim // > Courtly poetry, even when heard, brings no pleasure to those whose minds are struck down by ignorance: / what does sugarcane placed in the mouth of one lacking the strength of teeth achieve? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja.22) - [Next: 24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja.24) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja~en-mt.23) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja.23) · Pramāṇa