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

KINGS OF KASHMÍRA. 249
obtained by oppressing the lower classes of the people
and the Kāyasthas now came to the possession of the
king. And the chief whose influence had been dreaded
by Jainarāja and Shrī Hājyashāha, and by whose wisdom
Hājyashāha's son had reigned for ten years without
fear, and Vahrāmakhāna and other obnoxious men had
been removed,—even that chief was now overcome by
the fear of his enemies! Fie to the prosperity of the
prosperous! Wealth is soiled by fear, it obstructs
progress in the path of virtue, it becomes a source
of oppression to the poor, and it is transient as snow.
All that wealth which his servants Pherabhaṭṭa and
others had brought him by oppressing the people,
now came to the possession of the king. The beautiful
horses brought from foreign countries, and the clothes
which had never been used, were given up to the king,
as if they had hitherto been left with the minister on
trust. That alone proved to be his own property
which he had given away or had used while celebrating
his birth days, which he was ambitious of celebrating
like the birth days of kings. O mortals oppressed
in mind ! You who have obtained great wealth from the
king, bestow true gifts and enjoy true enjoyments,
for this world is fleeting like the waves of the sea, and
wealth cannot always be had. Ye servants of the
king ! Do not boast of your power derived from wealth
and known to all, do not boast of the favour of the
king. Is there any permanency in the mirage, in the