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

(100 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
in whose mind will it not raise a feeling of indifference to
worldly desires?
Shri Jainollā'bhadina having destroyed his enemies
in distant lands returned to his paternal kingdom, and
obtained it even as Rāma had done. The treasuries
were drained, but he collected what remained, inorder to
carry out his designs, even as a poet collects from the
vocabulary his words and meanings, suited for his work.
The reign of this king, after that of Ālishāha, who was
ignorant of the art of ruling, was like the cooling sandal
paste after the heat of summer in a desert had departed.
The punishments which his enemies received from his
hand were like those received from Yama after death;
each getting it according to his merit. Though the king
possessed great merits and executed good works, yet,
strangely enough, he was always possessed of riches of
various kinds. The goddess of Fortune certainly lived
on his face, graced with his bright eyes, and dwelt in his
house, bright with silk, rich with virtue, and adorned
with women of lotus-like beauty ; — while his fame, like
the notes of music, spread over Banga'a, Mālava, Ābheri,
Gauḍa and Karṇāṭa. Radiant as the sun but soft as the
moon, learned as Budha, and wise as Vṛihaspati, the
king obtained the names of the planets, and all the
planets were in his favour. The king was like the jewel
that fulfils every desire, and his merits attained great
lustre, even as the Kumuda flowers do at night on seeing
the moon. The six schools of philosophy which gladden