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

KINGS OF KASHMÍRA. 165
ses the subjects. If the lion's hunger is satisfied, he
plays within the cavern ; but if hungry, he devours the
beasts of the forest. One will call me a foresighted man,
and will not speak ill of me when the subjects will be
free from oppression in future on account of my savings.
When the palace is full of riches, men outside it will
become rich and will be friendly to their king. If the
clouds did not take water from the sea, how could they
shower it on the ground ? It is always by the means of
riches that all the beautiful objects which the king
possesses are obtained ; the fruits, the leaves, and the
flowers that grow on the trees are produced by one
cause ;—the sap within the ground." When those who
had questioned the king heard this reply of the expe-
rienced sovereign, they were silenced. The king's palace
attended by soldiers is like the sea attended by rivers ;
it is full with various objects, and people come there in
quest of those objects. The abundance in all things is
the beauty of the palace as of the sea. When afterwards
the people found that all that the king had said was
verified, they all were afflicted with sorrow, and recalled
his sayings to their mind, and praised his experience.
There was none among the ministers, servants, sons,
friends, relatives, and kindred who could console the
king. He heard of the affairs of his sons who were
enemies to one another, but were now united in hollow
friendship ; and he remained in the central room of the
palace and was afraid to come out. I knew how to