Rajatarangini (Dvitiya) 31

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sarvatrauṣadhayas tṛṇāni maṇayo grāvāṇa evākhilair manyante guṇino digantaragatās tāvaj janāḫ prākṛtāḥ /
yāvan naiva nayanti karmabhir abhidhyeyaprakarṣaprathaiś citraprāyadaśaiś ca nirmalam atisphāraṃ janaṃ rañjanam //

Everywhere, ordinary people consider herbs to be merely grass and jewels to be mere stones, / and men of virtue who have gone to another region are thought to be common, / as long as they do not, by deeds renowned for excellence of contemplation and of wondrous states, lead people to pure and overflowing joy.