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

KINGS OF KASHMÍRA. 101
the learned, delighted his heart, as the six seasons, which
gladden men by flowers, adorn the garden of Indra. The
three great faculties [majesty, perseverance, and wisdom]
found in the king the three amiable attributes [virtue,
wealth, and desire], and like lovers they lived in harmony
in the king. Like Pārtha, the king satisfied every day
those who came for alms, and his fame spread on all
sides, as if to invite the poor. Artists considered him as
Vishvakarmmā descended on earth, yogis considered him
as Gorakṣha, and chemists looked on him as Nāgārjuna.
The king favoured those who showed their skill in arts
or in letters, and they were thus encouraged to persevere
in their callings. He spent his life in listening to
poems and songs, in dance and in the music of the
harp, and in shows, and was not anxious for work. He
directed those who knew the shāstras to persevere in
their duties, for they work justly who know the shāstras.
Driven by the irresistible force of his arrows, his enemies
always lived like insects in woods and remote places.
His spies made daily enquiries about his enemies' affairs
as well as about his own, and the king knew all about
his subjects except their dreams. No one could exact
even five gaṇḍās of cowries from a pious householder
engaged in prayer. The king caused the feet of the
chaṇḍāla thieves, who ought to have lived by agri-
culture, to be chained, and he compelled them to work
on land. Knowing that low caste men take themselves
to thieving when in want of means of livelihood, the king