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

KINGS OF KASHMĪRA.
VOL. III.
SECOND SERIES.
ONE HALF of Hara's person was united with one half
of Parvatī's, as if they had become one through mutual
affection. The other halves of their persons, adored
in the three worlds, have disappeared as if in sorrow,
because they could not unite. May the united figure
be auspicious to you. May Gaṇesha with his ample
form, dispensing joy and plenty every day to all around
remove all difficulties from your path.
ShrīGonarda and other virtuous and meretorious
kings ruled the kingdom of Kashmīra from the begin-
ning of the Kali Yuga. But for a long time they were
under an evil influence which lasted, like the darkness
of the winter night, and no one knew of the kingdom,
as no sun of poesy arose to disperse the gloom. Then
the Brāhmaṇa Kalhaṇa with lucid words imparted the
freshness of youth to the old accounts of the kings
down to the reign of Jayasiṁha. It is owing to the
fault of the country or to the misfortune of the succeed-