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