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

KINGS OF KASHMÍRA. 239
angry with him, though he had been adopted as
his son. The minister had administered the kingdom
suitably to the requirements of the times, and had
personally looked into the affairs of state, but as the
merit earned in his previous birth was exhausted, he too
gradually lost his sense. Those who serve their master
by being attentive to his work and sacrificing their own
interest, suddenly follow a different line of conduct
when the time of their destruction comes nigh. Mallika
devised various plans intending to do mischief to
Tājibhaṭṭa. At one time, he spoke thus in anger, in
the king's court :—" What avails it, O King ! that you
have obtained this kingdom while the surrounding
countries are overspread with enemies? No one takes
heed of that. Allow me to march out against the
enemies according to my discretion as long as they
remain undestroyed. Give me this order O master !"
Tājibhaṭṭa was eager to undertake some bold
adventure, so when he heard this, he also asked the
king to place a general of the army under him, so that
he might march out. When the king heard this, he,
by the advice of the Mallika, furnished Tājibhaṭṭa
with an army, and sent him out of Kashmīra. Tāji-
bhaṭṭa's servants followed him with great din and
noise, in fear and in gladness, even as black bees
follow their chief.
When the king of Rājapurī and Atyabhadeva and
the men of the Madra country saw the