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

KINGS OF KASHMÍRA. 223
lived like kings for a long time. They now wandered
about hither and thither ; some of them went to Dilli-
pura, and others, owing to their avarice, did not leave
the country, though exiled, but remained like bees in
the month of Māgha. These foreigners, who used
formerly to live on the refuse of grains, had become
rich after coming to this country, and had forgotten
their previous history, even as men forget their previous
life on coming out of the womb. They oppressed the
people, and owing to the weight of that sin, they were
despoiled of their wealth and were exiled by the king ;
and they lived in fear of their life like fish taken out
of a lake.
The Mallika [Ahmada] formed alliances by marriage
with the Rājānaka people, and with the Ṭhakkuras, and
the Mārgapatis ; and for the sake of Tājibhaṭṭa, retained
in his hand the possession of all the offices of the great
kingdom. He thought to himself that Tājibhaṭṭa be-
longed to his family and was adopted as his son, and
noticed that he began to prosper speedily. Ahmada
therefore forgave all his shortcomings. Jyahamgira the
Mārgapati found that his sister was slighted by the
Saida, and he drew up a deed for her divorce. At the
request of the wise Malleka the king caused the elder
sister of the Mārgapati to be given to Tājibhaṭṭa.
Jyahamgira the Mārgapati understood the wisdom of
the act, and forgave the marriage of his elder sister to
Tājibhaṭṭa. Wife and wealth come to the fortunate