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

KINGS OF KASHMÍRA. 203
and be at ease. Accordingly he applied to a powerful
favourite of the king, and held a council with other
ministers, and he proposed to bestow the kingdom on
the king's son. Abhimanyu the Pratīhāra, in his pride,
proposed to attack Vahrāma, and determined to march
out with his troops. When Bahrāmakhāna heard of
this, he immediately joined his son, but being without
support, he went out of the city. He alone, who is
ambitious, can dive into the sea and can fearlessly quell
the monsters of the sea, in order to find invaluable gems
and pearls and corals. Bahrāinakhāna, who had his son
with him, heard strange accounts of his brother's son ; his
army was greatly alarmed, and he went by the road leading
to Dhvāra. The same circumstance under which he had
caused Ādamakhāna to flee from the city, now befell him
at night. Sin does not take long to bring forth its fruit.
On the fifth day of the bright moon, in the month
of Vaishākha, in the year 48, the king went to
heaven ; having reigned for one year and ten months.
Some said that a sprite had taken its abode in the
room adorned with pillars and high poles, and enraged
by the wicked actions of the king, tore him to pieces.
Others said that the yogi administered a strong
medicine with an unskilful hand, and the king lost
his appetite and died. Others again said that his
wicked brother urged the physicians to adopt a bad
treatment in order to remove the king, as the king's son
was not then attending on his father. Some said that the