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

KINGS OF KASHMÍRA. 139
directions of the king. The king left his capital and lived
here till the end of his life. The swans in the lakes of this
place drew near the singers as they sang, attracted by
the sweetness of their voice, and seemed to praise their
song by their twitter. It was here that the king, now
that his foes had been quelled, enjoyed, like Indra, the
pleasant songs of the singers all day long. Within his
palace was the audience hall adorned with the three
cornered throne, and wide spacious walls lined with
glass ; and here were many columns of victory in the
palace, and here the breezes blew pleasantly in the
morning.
Once when he had gone to visit the fort of Lohara,
he repaired a dilapidated palace and made it new. He
built many villages shaded by trees, along the margin
of the Mahāpadma lake, from Samudrakoṭa to Shrī
Dvārakā, and marked with the name of Jaina, and
there were many houses, beautiful like the palace of
Indra. At Tripureshvara, the king fed the beggars
with rice, until their stomachs were full, and it was
thus that the king who was abstemious became like
Gaṇesha. At Varāhakshetra, the king held his feast of
rice, and the head of Ananta was bent with the weight
of rice, and Indra's head was also bent down in shame.
At the confluence of the Vitastā and the Sindhu, he
daily fed small fishes with rice, and afforded them protec-
tion. It was at the request of the mendicants whom
he fed that the king planted trees at Shrī Shaṅkarapura