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

240 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
costly and well equipped army, adorned with
royal insignia, they wondered. The people of Madra,
of small stature, were pleased at the approach of
Tājibhaṭṭa ; they became unruly, left their ruler
Tattārakhāna and came to him, thus causing a division
among themselves. Tājibhaṭṭa created some confusion
in Tattārakhāna's country by burning down masjedas
which had been built by the Khāna at Shrīgalakoṭa
and other places. As Tājibhaṭṭa was born of an ordi-
nary family, the people believed he had no worth in
him, but nevertheless through his devotion to his
master he performed acts which were not expected of
him. He reduced the herdsmen of Purapattana,
until their power existed in name only, and his own
prowess became irresistible like that of the sun.
He reduced many petty chiefs to vassalage, and per-
formed many deeds of courage and of severity, and there-
by inspired terror in the celebrated kings of Dili and
other places. He soon returned to his country with
wealth and horses. In the interests of his master a
minister sometimes looks on his own son as his foe
and shelters his bitter enemy as his son. Deceived by
fate, the Mallika disregarded this maxim, and unable
to brook the prosperity of Tājibhaṭṭa resolved on humilia-
ting his pride.
The minister thought that Tājibhaṭṭa was strong on
account of the affection which the king bore towards
him, and was oppressing all men. He was therefore afraid