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

146 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
by a feeling of tranquility, he remembered them even
in his dreams, even as a lover remembers the gestures
of his beloved. Holding that a man can receive instruc-
tion only in the language which he knows, and not in
other languages, the king caused translations of the
various shāstras to be made by those who knew Samskṛita,
the vernaculars, and the Persian. Even the Yavanas
can comprehend minorology, chemistry, and kalpa if
studied in their own language. The king caused Da-
shāvatāra and Rājatarangiṇī the book of kings, in the
Saṁskṛita language, to be rendered into Persian. In
the same way the mlechchhas read the Vṛihatkathāsāra,
the Hāṭakeshvara saṁhitā, the Purāṇas, and other books
in their own language.
One hears after a long time the pure and beautiful
Dharmmashāstra recited, and holds it to his heart, even
as a white cloth holds the impression of colors, and
acts according to its injunctions. Others again hear it
every day but receive no impression, as the leaf of a
lotus plant, though growing in the current and held fast
to the water by the stock, never becomes wet by water.
The king heard of the advantages of going on pilgrim-
age to Naubandhana hill from the Ādipurāṇa, and felt
a desire to undertake a journey sometime to a shrine.
The king was bent on going to pilgrimage, and he went
to Vijayeshvara in the year 39, on the last day of the
fortnight fixed for giving offerings to deceased ancestors.
He saw the ground full of spectators, clad in cloths