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

KINGS OF KASHMÍRA. 215
others. If prosperity thus becomes a source of inces-
sant grief, then may it, fickle as a prostitute, never
exist in this world. When the people saw the Khāna
brought forward bound, they remarked that he had, for
his own interest, neglected his father in his last illness, and
had by various means opposed his elder brother Ādama-
khāna ; and that when his another brother suffered
from an incurable disease, he with an wicked intention
had gone over to that brother ; and avaricious of obtaining
the kingdom from his nephew, he had risen in rebellion
against him. It was for these sins, they said, that
he received his punishment that day. Some again
remarked that it was owing to his father's curse that
Bahrāmakhāna had lost his sense. On one occasion when
Bahrāmakhāna was opposed to his father's faction, his
father had privately told him that his two elder brothers
were ruining his kingdom by their mutual enmity, that
they had caused him annoyance and harm, and he accord-
ingly proposed to discard them and to take Bahrāmakhāna
into his favour, and asked Bahrāma to trust in him.
When Bahrāmakhāna heard this, he replied that he would
not desert his elder brother who had always sought his
welfare, and that the eldest of the three could effect
nothing against the other two brothers combined. When
the king heard this, he said that the second brother had
been intending to kill his elder through Bahrāmakhāna,
and though the second brother had now given protection
to Bahrāma, it would be the killing of a servant of the