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

144 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
It was for the benefit of the poor of the city that
the virtuous king built an extensive Vihāra on the bank
of the river, near the Mārī confluence. This Vihāra,
and the one on the opposite side of the river at Hājya
were like the centre jewels amidst the jewel-like houses
of the two cities. The king was then at peace with
others, and he built other buildings. [A line appears
to be wanting here in the text].
When Shrīharsha became king in the realm of poetry,
every one became a poet. What more need be said ?
Even women, cooks, and porters were poets ; and the
books composed by them exist to this day in every
house. If the king be a sea of learning, and partial to
merit, the people too become so. The meritorious king,
for the purpose of earning merit, built extensive lodging
houses for students, and the voice of the students
studying logic and grammar arose from these houses.
The king helped the students by providing teachers,
books, houses, food and money ; and he extended
the limits of learning in all its branches. He was
a shelter for all, and belied the saying of Munis that
learning and pleasure, like light and darkness, cannot
exist together. He made the country happy by his
good government, favoured learning, and desired to
promote the prosperity of the country as of his own
son. He esteemed learned men, and valued them for
their merits above all the various productions of his
country. Even the families, which never dreamt of