[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) › [Rājataraṅgiṇī (Dvitīyā)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja~en-mt) › 23 # Rajatarangini (Dvitiya) 23 English (machine translation) 23 - **Language:** English ### [23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja~en-mt.23) 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? - [Previous: 22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja~en-mt.22) - [Next: 24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja~en-mt.24) ## Linked texts (1) - [Rājataraṅgiṇī (Dvitīyā)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja.23) — Jonarāja, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja~en-mt.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja~en-mt.23) · Pramāṇa