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

212 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
not come to him, and he considered himself betrayed
by them, and became despondent. On that day Royal
Fortune remained as if in doubt between the two, the
uncle and the nephew. As thieves like darkness, even
so Chakrabāva and others who were born in Kramarājya
liked the confusion of a civil war, and were glad to hear
the latest news. But when the king arrived at Jainagiri
bent on prosecuting the war, messengers came to him
and said :—"O king! Bahrāmakhāna did not act wisely
in rushing to war, together with his son, like a mad
elephant ; he has been captured in battle. Bahrāmakhāna
who fought against your force, was thrown down in
the field of battle, and was deserted by his servants, even
as a tree in a garden is forsaken by leaves in the month
of Pousha. Then Sañjaramera and other leaders of the
army raised a shout and came upon him like a black cloud
and showered their arrows. Worthy of praise are those
who die in the presence of their master, and the memory
of their death is worthy of being cherished. Such men
remember the favours they had received from their
master, and sacrifice their lives like grass. They con-
sider the favours of their master as a debt, in payment
of which they yield their precious lives, when the time
comes, welcoming the weapons of the enemy even as
flowers. Such men are few among the servants of a
master, and they are worthy of praise. It was owing
to thy greatness O king! that Shirāla, Mārgapa, and
other servants and warriors of Bahrāmakhāna perished.