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

170 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.

and unsettled in mind, sorrowful, and devoted to religious
meditation, the king wished that they might all perish.
The citizens exclaimed that the king was indifferent to
everything, that his sons were engaged in mutual enmity,
and that a great calamity had befallen them. When the
month of fasting for the Yavanas arrived the king left off
taking meat, and reflected thus :—"Those who brought
this wicked son from a distant country, are, alas ! for their
own interest destroying my whole kingdom. On one side
of the city are the two sons with their combined army,
and on the other side is one son alone attended by wicked
men and wicked ministers. A great calamity has come !
The sons will fight, but I am sorry for this city which
should, like a good wife, be guarded. What would be the
use of my living if the city be destroyed while I am
alive ? The servants who were devoted to me, and
strong, are all gone, whom shall I ask for advice and
what shall I do ?" The king's mind was afflicted by
these anxious thoughts and by sorrow caused thereby.
Stricken by such grief, the king, who was solicitous for
the welfare of his kingdom, became like one inanimate.
The city, with its population old and young, was agitated
with alarm on account of many evil news ; it was like
a boisterous sea which the king could not calm.
On the next day when Shivabhaṭṭa brought the king
his meals, the king became angry and said that he had
eaten what he could eat, and told him to take the food
away. In the excess of his anxiety the king became