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# Rajatarangini (Dvitiya) 312

Rājataraṅgiṇī (Dvitīyā) 312

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [312](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja.312)

prāharan mantriṇāṃ rājā saṃśayaṃ na tu tasya te /  
bhinatty anyān maṇīn vajro nānyaratnāni taṃ punaḥ //

> The king dispelled the doubts of his ministers, but they could not dispel his:  
> a diamond splits other gems, but other gems cannot split it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [312.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja.312.p1)

\[Ps-JRT 20\]  
rājyādhikārān akhilān strībhāvād dussahān svayam /  
yeṣu viśvāsapātreṣu śrīKoṭā svayam arpipat // JRt\_B.356 //

> All the administrative offices of the realm, which were unbearable for a woman to hold directly,  
> Queen Koṭā had herself entrusted to those confidants,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [312.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja.312.p2)

tejomahimneva ravis tamāṃsīva guhāntarāt / JRt\_B.357ab /

> just as the sun with the majesty of its light \[drives\] darkness out of caves.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja~en-mt.312) — English, machine translation

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