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

246 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
'and met together to do him injury, even as the diseases
meet in the body when they once find an entrance.
They advised the king to take away from the minister
the charge of bringing up Yosobhakhāna, and to give it
to some one else ; for what would the king do, they
asked, if the minister set up the prince as the king of
the country. The king agreed and soon after he gave
the charge of bringing up his child to Yonarājānaka,
and thus artfully took away the Khāna from the Mallika.
The minister remained in his house on the morning
of the day in which he made over the prince to the king,
and he said to his wife that he would be revenged on
his enemies. In the meantime the Mārgapati had been
sent for by the king, and, impelled by the idea of doing
some bold deed, he came from his estate to the city,
accompanied by his soldiers. When the Mallika heard
of the Mārgapati in the morning, he became angry and
went to the king attended by his soldiers, though warn-
ed by [the evil omen of] the cries of kites to his right.
He went on, spurring his horse, and the animal's face
was bathed with tears as if in sorrow for the impending
separation of his master from him. The Mārgesha was
ordered by the king to enter the court-yard with his
soldiers. The sun was then rising, and its beams were
reflected on the weapons. At this time the minister
also entered the yard of the palace, and there the two
met and challanged each other, and the capital trembled
in fear of these two chiefs. The king wondered that