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

196 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.

were his servants. During this time of the pillage of the
property of the Brāhmaṇas, they gave up their caste and
their dress and exclaimed, "I am not a Bhaṭṭa, I am not a
Bhaṭṭa." There were in the city many rich and principal
gods, and the king ordered the plunder of their images at
the instigation of the mlechchhas. King Jaina had
given them lands after he was satisfied as to their excel-
lence, but the officers of the present king robbed them
of their estates without any reason. The month of
Samāhisaphara is celebrated in the religion of the mlech-
chhas, that month now came for the destruction of
religion ; to whom did it not appear terrific ? When
the king was seen in an intoxicated state day after day,
when the ministers became subservient to the king, and
the king’s friends took bribes, were fickle minded, and
oppressed the weak, then the people thought of the
many virtues of king Shrī Jaina. All the old men in
the country, who had held high posts for a long time,
were now in danger, as the king had ordered them to be
disgraced, and they gave vent to their grief in cries and
lamentations. The curse pronounced for the sins of
men, as described in the Persian poem, was verified in
the country of king Shrī Jaina. Wicked men had wished
for the death of the wise old king ; expecting to
obtain money from the son ; but even these servants
who were dissemblers and had so long lived in joy
now came to be greatly oppressed, as if through the
curse of the late king ; and they lamented with tears