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

KINGS OF KASHMÍRA. 105
and liberal, and could bestow wealth on his servants ;
and they asked him if he could do so. "We would rather
die in his service and before his eyes," they said, "than
serve you who are so weak and devoid of powers." As
an arbitrator stands between the two who are engaged in
making a partition, so Fate stood between the elder and
the younger brother inorder to equalize their happiness
and misery by reversing the scales. The king was afraid
that the life of Ādamakhāna was in danger, and he sent
him out of the country within a few days on the pretence
of sending him to Bhuṭṭa.
Mechanics showed to the king different kinds of
thunder-weapons [cannon] which make men tremble with
the deep sound they make. The king brought out these
weapons made of different metals, new, and hard ; and at
his command I composed the following lines in praise of
the weapons :— " In the year 41, in the Saka year '1586,
the king Shri Jainollābhadīna, renowned like the lord of
heaven [Indra], the victorious, the ruler of Kashmīra,
constructed this weapon which is well known to the
world and is spoken of in the mausula language. It
destroys forts, pierces the hearts of men, strikes horses
with terror, throws arrows [balls] of stone from a distance,
and remains unseen by the soldiers from encampments,
strong, well regulated, of deep sound, and of great value ;
— such was the engine constructed by the mechanics. The
engine will be useful to the king like a new town. May
it be useful by the large quantity of the different metals