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

162 KINGS OF KASHMĪRA.
to me O king! that Hājyakhāna loves me exceeding-
ly like a father. I will never forsake him, but serve him.
He will protect me in time of need, and who is at present
more powerful than he?" When the king heard this he
was angry, and he thus spoke to the son who had made up
his mind:—"Fie to thee, that thou hast discarded me
and acknowledged another as thy father! Ah foolish man!
On what hast thou fixed thy mind after having disregard-
ed my words? There is no doubt that thy expectation
will soon be disappointed." He said this and left him.
Then at a time when the king was alone and was not
afraid of any mischief from his son, he thus thought in
his own mind:—"Alas! From me, bright as a house
on fire, have sprung these three sons, and they are
like the ashes of a wood fire; unlike me, useless, and
without lustre;" and he said aloud:—"What should I
do at present?" The wise men who were around him
said in reply that his kingdom was being ruined by his
sons who were aspiring to the throne, and they asked
the king why he did not bestow the kingdom on the one
who was most friendly to him, so that neither he nor
his subjects might be troubled thereafter. Even then,
they said, Mānikyadeva, powerful on account of his
wealth, would hear of the newly appointed king, and
might turn an enemy and soon cause destruction in the
kingdom. The king who knew the characters of his sons
replied:—"The eldest has superior qualifications, but
he is a miser, and has therefore no worthy servants