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

122 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
about and saw the cultivated fields merged under water ;
and his sorrow made him weak. Embarked on a boat, he
saw the place where the milkmen had their quarters, and
which was not visible before, so densely was it wooded.
Within a few days the ruthless flood subsided, and was
dried up as if by the fire of the king's prowess. The
people were then soon delighted with the sight of
the wealth of ripe shāli crop that grew that year,
as if through the virtue of their king's charity. And
the kind heart of the king of Kashmīra became full at
the prosperity of the people, even as the sea becomes
full at the increase of the moon's crescent. The virtuous
king is like the soul, and the subjects are dear to him
as the body. By the increase of the king's happiness
the subjects become happy, and by his afflictions they
become afflicted.
The king apprehended the recurrence of a similar
calamity, and wandered about with a view to build a
city on the high banks of the Vitastā near Joyāpīḍapura.
On an elevated site on the banks of the river he built a
town called Jainatilaka, which was like an ornament to
the earth, and humbled the pride of Alakā. The moon-
light rested on the walls of this whitewashed city, as if
the goddess of the capital lingered there to see the
king. The houses in the city looked like Kailāsa, as if
it had come there in sorrow, for the favour shown by
Mahādeva towards Rāvaṇa who had uprooted that
mountain. The city with its white washed houses seemed