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

BOOK II.
I bow to the god, ( Mahâdeva ), who is the master
of the hidden significance of all words, and who per-
vades all the universe. Who does not, by prayer in the
form of a partial description of his person, attain the fruit
of worship ? His right foot is fixed in the ground, and
his left foot, though oft in motion, seeks to rest, and
thus describes a circle on a straight line. The god
not unoften performs a dance while walking in the even-
ing. Let that dejty, a god and a goddess in one, ever
bestow happiness on us.
By an order under his seal, Hājyakhāna now declared
his name to be Haidarashāha, and took possession of
the kingdom on the first day of the moon in the month
of Jaiṣhṭha. A festivity was held on the occasion of
his taking over the kingdom in which the performance
of religious acts predominated, and joy was promoted
by gifts, and many auspicious acts were done, and many
who sought happiness found it. Shekandharapuri was
full of happy men, the favourites of the king were clad
in clean garments, and the city looked as beautiful
as the sky, when full of stars. The new powerful
monarch sat on a golden throne in the yard of the palace,
even as the sun sits on the peak of the Meru mountain.
In his front sat his son and his handsome youngest