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

strength, I see no harm. I am mild in my temper, and
I promote the happiness of all, but alas ! my sons are
attempting my destruction as insects destroy woollen
cloth by making holes. None of those with whom I
have spent my former years are left behind ; the afflic-
tion which I feel for their absence will last to the end
of my life. O Muni ! My body is like a cottage which
is worn out, and is covered with hair as with grass ; it
is full of rents, and my mind dislikes it in this evil day.
The districts of my kingdom have been ruined by
my sons, even as the members of the body are bitten
by serpents. The only means left to me is to part with
them, otherwise there is no peace." After he had thus
thought, he composed a book in the Pārasī language
named Shikāyata treating of the vanity of all objects.
The sons of the king's nurse and others of proved
and honourable character left the party of the king and
went over to Hājyakhāna. What else need be said,
those shameless men who were seen with the king du-
ring daytime, were at night found seated at ease before
Khāna. The king remained indifferent to the affairs of
the kingdom, and his servants reviled one another, and
consequently there was a tumult in the country. When
the king was in danger who would not go over to his
sons, as if hoping to obtain thereby one-half of the king-
dom ? Thus thought the king, and he was ignorant of the
true movements of his servants, and became disgusted
with all the members of his family. He who was seen