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

own life, and he called Ādamakhāna a coward, and ad-
vised him to go and save himself, and told him that he
need not have come to him. Thus rebuked by the king,
Ādamakhāna went to Kudmadīnapuri, and kept himself
on the watch, afraid of an attack from his younger
brother. The king had thought that this ambitious
man Ādamakhāna was worthy of his protection, hoping
to find comfort in him and expecting that he would
remove the king's fear of his enemies. But Ādama-
khāna was himself assailed by his enemies, he was like
a horse afraid of the harness, and became a cause of
trouble ; and the king was surprised to hear that his
other two sons thought that he had taken their elder
brother, the object of their hatred, near him out of his
fear of them. Neither the king, nor the king's son, nor
the ministers could sleep owing to mutual fear. The
servants did not serve in accordance with orders but
tried to please their masters by words only, and when
the servants did perform the duties ordered by the king,
he would declare that he did not remember what he
had ordered. He left off the old practice of signing
his orders, and knowing the unsettled state of his mind,
he left the administration to his ministers. "The wicked
men have set the fire of enmity to my house, and have
received pay from both sides, but they do not care to
quench the fire. Let my ministers and my sons perish ;
I helped them to prosper, and they now wish to obtain
my kingdom and will rejoice in my ruin." Thus sighing,
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