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

172 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
he knew by the symptoms that the king was on the point
of death. He then went to a distance and thus said to
his brother :-"Our father will not live ; he fell on the
ground before the gate, and was almost dumb and un-
conscious. Vainly is he being raised up by the cunning
people. Therefore arise, and let us go to the yard of
the king's palace clad in iron mail, and bind the wicked
ministers, and take possession of the horses and of other
things. We will cut down the bridge of boats, and that
will prove the ruin of your elder brother." When
Hājyakhāna heard this, he said :-"This shou'd not be
spoken before me. I do not even in dream wish any
harm to my father and king." He then spent one night
in grief with his father.
Then when Ādamakhāna heard the report that his
father was dead, he moved with his army towards Shrī
Jainanagara with a view to usurp his father's kingdom.
In the way he caused his soldiers to be clad in armour
for his own defence. He then passed one night secretly
in a house at the outskirts of the capital. In the mean-
time, Hassana, the treasurer, blinded by self-interest
and deceiving others, took oath to Shrī Hājyakhāna
and sought his shelter. On the next day the eldest
brother, driven by the ministers, reached Kudmadīna-
purī with his army ; but there his good fortune left him.
Though he was the eldest and possessed of a strong
intellect, though himself a hero endowed with unusual
energy and patience, and attended by followers, he was