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

96 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
chief judge Gauraka the Gaṇanāpati pleased the people
by his forgiveness, his good sense, and the dispensation
of equitable punishments, and imposed upon himself the
king's duty of ruling the subjects. Some men had bribed
Malvāna Mallānāsāka and had received favours from
him ; but after a lapse of time they became ungrateful
and disclosed in court the amount of gold they had paid
as bribe. Upon this the king became angry, and caused
Malvāna Mallānāsāka to restore the amount to them.
Daryyāvakhāna had first seated himself at the feet of
the king, then went hand in hand with him, then placed
himself before his eyes, and finally reached his head.
The grateful king had purchased this man [as slave],
and bore him even as Mahādeva bears on his forehead
the crescent of the moon which sheds soft light. The
sun does not dispel the darkness which settles on the
world under the cover of the cloud like night ; but it is
dispelled by the moon which reflects the sun. Wearied
with the weight of the kingdom and ever exposed to
danger from the sword, the king felt a relief at the
sight of the riches which he had himself bestowed on
the learned Mahmadakhāna. Mahmadakhāna now died.
Where do we see length of life in those who are agreeable
to others ? This truthful and prosperous Thakkura, who
every year ministered through the Pratīhāra and others to
the wants of those who came to beg, now went to heaven.
He was openly murdered by one of his own family
whom the king had exiled from his own country and who