Shatakatraya 1.15

1.15

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.