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

the minister had entered the palace armed, he became
angry and caused Bhāñgila to support Jyaṃsara the
Mārgesha. Sent for by the terrified king, Bhāñgila
came, and after having barricaded the palace arrived
with the Saidas. The victorious Jyahāñgira had joined
Rājānaka, and released Tājibhaṭṭa from confinement ;
and he then marched into the yard of the palace. The
soldiers sent by Tājibhaṭṭa were eager for fight, and they
set the western gate of the palace on fire. The fire
consumed rows of houses up to the residence of Hassana
Rājānaka within a short time and reduced them to the
condition of a burnt forest. The news of the burning
of houses, beautiful as the residence of Indra, caused
sorrow even to those who were afar. Masses of smoke
rose with the flame, and the men in the palace became
like live fish in a frying pan on account of the heat.
When the affrighted king saw the fire burning in the
yard of the palace he was overcome with terror, and
his soldiers though eager for fight could not engage
themselves in it in the heated roads. When the
Mallika saw that on account of his son's haughtiness
his followers had deserted and that his son was left
alone, he did not know what to do. He wished that
his sons should not engage themselves in fight, for the
king's government might be crushed in that fight. He
had upheld the king for ten years. Why should his
government be crushed now, in this fight? He again
thought of his eldest son who remained indifferent to