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

and liberal in the appreciation of merit ? It is owing
to our misfortune that the king was put to trouble by
his wicked son." When the king went to Svayyapura
he heard villagers on the road censuring his son for the
slaughter of men, saying :—" When the king saw the
birth of his son, he felt happy, for he thought that his
son would bear the burden of the kingdom ; and the
king raised him to prosperity out of his affection, even
against the dictates of policy. But the king now knows
his son to be as powerful as himself, and fears him, and
though surrounded by joys, he can never sleep on
account of his anxiety. There was a great slaughter of
men owing to the animosity between brothers, and king
Ālishāhi was bound and killed by the son of Mallika.
Similarly what calamity has befallen king Jaina, ou
of the jealousy of his sons ? Let not many sons, the
destroyers of the country, be born therefore into a king’s
house !"
. The armies of the father and son were now encamped
on either bank of the Vitastā ; they were now near each
other and each was eager to overcome the other. In
the meantime Hājyakhāna who had reached Parṇotsa
without delay, approached, like Gaḍura, the neighbour-
hood of the Saḍvarṇa country. When the king heard
of the arrival of the prince with his army at the out-
skirts of Varāhamūla, he sent Vahrāmakhāna to greet
him. Hājyakhāna, who was expecting him, greeted and
embraced his youngest brother, who was gratified with