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

222 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
wronged the realm. O ye ministers ! endeavour to
improve the country by your advice. Verily I say, if
you wish the destruction of the king, you will not obtain
happiness either in this world or in the next. Those
of the sons and attendants of king Jaina who had injured
him did not attain happiness. Others among his
servants, great and low, who had done him harm now
perished.
As long as the spring lasts the bees enjoy them-
selves, but when the spring departs, they wander about
listless and unhappy. Knowing that Saida Nāsira and
his people were born of the family of Paigamvara,* and
that they were men of great accomplishments, and had
come to adorn his kingdom, and were deserving of honor,
the king Jaina had given them very high seats in his
court, had shaken hands with them, and showed them
unusual favour by bestowing his own daughters on
them, and assigning to them estates in the kingdom.
But now, Saida Jyamāla and others of that family were
known to the present king as turbulent chiefs. He
accordingly exiled them from the country, and confis-
cated their hoarded treasure. Saida Nāsira was admired
by the wise, and was famed in battle ; he foresaw the
future, and left the country during the lifetime of
king Jaina. The Saidas enjoyed many large estates,
and by their marriages with the king's daughters had

• Mahammad.