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

KINGS OF KASHMÍRA. 111
for battle, I have not come prepared to kill my father."
When Tājatantripati and other ministers heard this, they
held the bridle of the prince's horse, keeping it in front
and told him these cruel words :— “When we told you
that it was not the time for battle, and advised you to
return, you slighted our words. You must now there-
fore complete the work you have begun. If you two,
father and son, be reconciled with each other, the enemy
will be pleased with your conduct, but we, who have
suffered in the hope of serving you, shall be ruined.
Heated oil remains on the pan, but whatever is thrown
between them is instantly burnt. You are our master,
we your servants, witness our heroism now. If we win,
you gain the kingdom, and if we lose, you return as you
came. Wait as long as we fight, when we are killed, do
whatever be your duty. If deceived by your father, you
reject our advice, we will do violence to your person,
and then go away hence.” The prince felt frightened at
these words of reproach, and sank into a sea of anxiety,
and was induced to give battle.
In the meantime when the king saw the Brāhmaṇa
in that plight, he became angry like Kṛishṇa, and pre-
pared himself for battle. The king, who could observe
the stars, and whose name was derived from the posi-
tion of the planet Venus in a lunar mason, placed him-
self in a position so as to have the sun behind him, and
made arrangements for the protection of his men. The sun
shone on his sword from behind as if to assure him of