Rajatarangini (Dvitiya) 57

57

badhyante na śukā ivoditavacassaṃvādino vāyasā
bhūmiś śarkarilorvareva bhajate no gharṣaṇakṣodanam /
aśmā saindhavavan na jātu gamito niṣpiṣya cūrṇīkṛtiṃ
keṣāñcid guṇavad guṇāya mahate doṣo 'pi sañjāyate //

Crows that merely echo spoken words are not caged like parrots; / stony ground does not receive the crushing of tilling like fertile land; / a rock is never crushed and reduced to powder like rock salt: / in the case of some, even a flaw results in a great advantage, just like a merit.