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

140 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
which gave shade but bore no fruits. At Āshramā, the
king held the feast of rice, until flavour of the curries
overcame the scent of the saffron. The inhabitants
of Vijayeshvara were continuously fed with rice, and
they became full, until it became difficult for them to
bow to the king. After the king had fed the people
with rice, he loaded the wayfarers with food at the toll
bar on the road to Sūrapura. There was no man in
Kashmīra who was not fed with the king's rice, be he
learned or dunce, wicked or good, a Yavana or a twice-
born. Mahādeva, Nārāyaṇa, Brahmā, Jahnumuni, and
Bhagīratha of the solar line, had laboured before,
and by their united efforts, the Ganges descended in
earth, and their selfish object was fulfilled. But this
king, guided by his own intelligence, excavated many
rivers (canals) in the country, for the benefit of others,
and led them by diverse courses. Everywhere were seen
houses high as hills, and full of rice lately grown on
extensive fields. These granaries were indeed like the
breasts of the earth from which the people derived their
nourishment and throve day by day. Like Samuyya, the
king grew crops in places where lands could be obtained
with difficulty, or where they seldom yielded crops before
on account of calamities. There was not a piece of
land, not a lawn, not a region, and not a forest where the
king did not excavate a canal, and where he did not
build houses marked with his name. There was not a
river, not a field, not a village, not a town, not a piece of