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

180 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
he got the kingdom ; then there was a distressing war
with his élder brother ; his nurse's sons then caused
him anxiety ; and afterwards the opposition of his sons
lasted till his death. Fie to the life of living beings on
this earth, ever attended with sorrow, and ever causing
tears to flow from the eye! Mars was the planet that
cast an evil eye towards his sons, it was no doubt
owing to the position of the stars at his nativity that
he suffered so much affliction from the hands of his
children.
All the king's learned men and even the poets who
were ever so eloquent, became silent when the king was
gone, even as kokilas are found mute in the month of
Pauṣha. The books of the learned, which, even like
the eyes of the goddess of learning, had ever remained
open [during the king's reign] were now tied up and be-
came shrunk. There were men who in order to win the
king's favour had worked in logic, in grammar, and in
other branches of learning for the benefit of the verna-
cular of the country, and who had been honored by the
king and had enjoyed ease and prosperity in their
homes. They had exerted themselves, day and night,
to obtain books, and had learnt the shāstras, and when
questioned on the subject of their study, could make
recitations from their books. But where was grammar,
where were the discussions of logic, and where was the
labour in the cause of literature after king Shri Jaina
died? That king who was the master of all learning,