[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) › 57 # Rajatarangini (Dvitiya) 57 Rājataraṅgiṇī (Dvitīyā) 57 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja.56) - [Next: 58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja.58) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja~en-mt.57) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja.57) · Pramāṇa