Shatakatraya 1.15

1.15

śāstropaskṛta-śabda-sundara-giraḥ śiṣya-pradeyāgamā
vikhyātāḥ kavayo vasanti viṣaye yasya prabhor nirdhanāḥ |
taj-jāḍyaṃ vasudhādipasya kavayas tv arthaṃ vināpīśvarāḥ
kutsyāḥ syuḥ kuparīkṣakā hi maṇayo yair arghataḥ pātitāḥ ||

When renowned poets, whose speech is beautified by words polished by the authoritative treatises,
and whose traditional wisdom is ready to be imparted to pupils, dwell impoverished in a sovereign's realm,
it is the dullness of the king; poets, however, are lords even without wealth.
Despicable indeed are bad appraisers by whom gems are depreciated in value.