द्वितीय राजतरङ्गिणी (जोनराज - कल्हणोत्तर मध्यकालीन कश्मीर का प्रामाणिक इतिहास)

KINGS OF KASHMÍRA. 75
serpents, not others, know the ways of serpents. So long
as we do not come to your help, you should remain
stationary in the mountain.” But blinded by pride,
the wicked chief of the Yavanas believed that the
king of Madra had sent the message inorder to gain
renown for himself. The foolish king then descended
from the hill, as from his high dignity, and his banners
waved in the air as if they trembled in fear of the army
of the king of the Khuḥkhuras. By the charge of the
cavalry, the earth was filled with dust, and Vāsuki was
overwhelmed with fear. The sandy ground was dug up
by the hoofs of horses and drenched in blood; and the
warriors sacrificed their lives in battle, in their valor. As
the waves in the sea break the force of the air, so in
this sea of battle the king was overpowered by mis-
fortune.
Brahmā displays his mercy by bidding the sun rise
when the world is merged in darkness, by causing the
advent of the spring when the joys of earth are des-
troyed by the cold wind of winter, and by sending a
perfect and blameless king when the world is disturbed
with fear by a wicked king. The sinless Shrī Jainollā-
bhadīna, flushed with success, entered Kashmīra like
propitious Fate. This king called forth words of
praise from the lips of good people, and filled all
sides with the sound of the kettledrum, and entered
the capital, but not before he had entered into the hearts
of the people. When the king bathed during his corona-