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

KINGS OF KASHMÍRA. 187
protected by the king, as if they had been his sons. The
wise and renowned Bherabhokhāra, who was devoid of
all angry feelings, became the minister of the king,
and through the king's favour Machuryyā was made the
accountant, but the latter appropriated money which
belonged to the king, from all the offices.
The cloud which produces water and is the delight
of the pea-fowl, which causes a plentiful crop to grow in
cultivated fields and drives away heat, also afflicts the
people by discharging the thunder-bolt. The king re-
mained in a state of insensibility through wine, and
instigated by wicked ministers, did unwise acts, and caused
the misfortune of the subjects. He wished to build an
edifice by the side of Shekandharapurī, and ordered the
lofty trees in the Amṛita park to be cut down. The bees
saw the trees with the flowers cut down and left them,
and raised a hum as if in lamentation. The people did
not sympathise with the king's attempt to build the
edifice ; it was like the desire to light a lamp under
the sun. He was surely drunk when he did this. We
say this because he did many things that were harmful
to him. The barber obtained the orders of the king,
when he was drunk, and mutilated many men. The
relentless and sinful barber cut off the Ṭhakkuras and
courtiers of the king's father by the saw. Five or six
persons were going to their elder brother for the purpose
of performing the rites of svāvana, but the barber arres-
ted them in the way, impaled them, and thus caused