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

KINGS OF KASHMÍRA. 173
still unable to perform any signal deed in the time of ac-
tion; for men devoid of virtue cannot achieve success.
Had Ādamakhāna killed a guard that night and captured
the horses, he would have got the kingdom. But the
intelligence of a man is according to his merit.
In the meantime Hājyakhāna sent by the treasurer
and his youngest brother, went into the yard of the
palace, and took possession of his father's horses. When
those servants of the prince, who had been impatient
for fight, heard of the news of the capture of the animals,
they suited their action to the time, clad themselves
in armour and entered the palace. Abhimanyu the
Pratīhāra, and others reviled them, but they were soon
punished by the confusion that followed. Hājyakhāna
with his army remained that day outside the palace,
afraid of a rising, and though he was anxious to see the
king he could not do so.
When Ādamakhāna heard of this news, he became
alarmed. He was in a defenceless condition, and des-
pairing of success, he went with his followers by the
road leading to Vipulāṭa. Surrounded by his own
men, Ādamakhāna marched by the way of Tārabala.
His younger brother pursued him and killed many of
his soldiers. When Abhimanyu the Pratīhāra and others
beheld the superhuman prowess of Ādamakhāna, they
found that he fulfilled what his name implied.* He
*It is difficult to unravel this pun. It seems that the pun lies in
the similarity of the sound of Adamakhana and Admi-khun, the
latter is a Hindi word.