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

90 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
Shūra, which were sharp as arrows, and casting away
his weapons went unarmed at night, attended by a
limited number of followers ; Shūra finding him in a
defenceless condition killed him. His brother, Vinna
Ṭhakkura, celebrated for his valour, demanded permis-
sion from the kind hearted king to kill Shūra. The
Ṭhakkura then killed Shūra with his followers, and thus
increased his fame and relieved his mind.
The king honored the saints to such an extent, that
even the king of Madra and others attended on them
like dogs. The king took his instructions about religious
penances and about the pleasures of life from both supe-
rior and inferior hermits, and gave them ear-pendants,
vessels of gold, and clothes. Indra, the conqueror of
the three worlds, is not satisfied with the fame he acquir-
ed by cutting off the wings of mountains, by obscuring
the sun in clouds, and by performing a hundred religious
sacrifices, but he also displays in unsubstantial clouds,
composed of smoke, air, and water, the lustre of his per-
son in varied tints,—yellow, white, black, red, and green.
Likewise, the king, who appreciated courage, desired, for
the sake of obtaining fame, to perform what was beyond
the power of the past sovereigns, and what will be beyond
the ability of future kings. Time is endless, and great
is the expanse of the world, so that some future kings
in some distant country may believe it possible for
them to perform such worthy and enterprising acts, and
accomplish deeds which may almost rival his. The