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

200 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
ministers and the leaders of the army, the king merely
gave an audience to the prince who had returned from
the expedition. Surely the king was then afraid of
his youngest brother, or why should he make only
gifts of robes to his son? Surely he thought that
Vahrāma would oppose his son, and like the Shami
tree, he kept the fire of his resentment hid within him-
self.
Meanwhile, as if urged by death, the king, with his
servants, ascended the top of the palace in order to in-
dulge in drink ; and there within the apartment named
pushkara, in the glass room, the king fell down while
running about in sport, and bled from his nose. The
servants stretched their arms and carried him to the
bed room of the apartment, but he fainted away and
lay on his bed, and was like a mirror that did not reflect
any image on it. The trusted physicians of the king
were neglected, and a certain yogi tried on the king
his medicine which was strong on account of its poison,
and caused him pain. The king's body became exces-
sively heated, through the administration of the medi-
cine, and day and night he longed for death, nor wished
to live for a moment. The prince accompanied by the
minister Ahmada remained for three days within the
palace near his father. When the prince learnt that the
nobles had come to see his dying father, he placed
soldiers at the gate in order to prevent their going out.
The king's youngest brother was agitated both by fear and