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

250 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
color of the kusumbha flowers, in the love of harlots, or
in the favour of kings? While the man proud of his wealth
ponders on the speedy acquisition of the highest post and
the subjugation of his enemies, on the inexhaustableness
of his treasury and the obedience of his servants, his
adverse fate destroys all these, as if they were but a
dream! Jugabhaṭṭa saw Ahmada in the prison to tell
him to give up to the king, without delay, whatever
more he had of gold. Upon this the minister became
angry and said,—“the avaricious king has taken millions
from me and is he not yet satisfied? What shall I say?
I have ruined the men of my party for the preservation
of the kingdom. I abstained from fighting at the
time when my crisis came. I brought back and
favoured the Saidas who had once fled from the
country. But the king became ungrateful, and they too
have turned hostile to me. I consolidated the whole
kingdom, and if the king again wants to enjoy it let
him maintain peace. He will be glad at my death.
Let him for whom I have suffered the cares of the
state for ten years in this wretched world, rejoice at
my destruction.” Thus he spoke, and communicated
to the king whatever else he had to say. “Fie to me”
he said to himself “that I did not listen to the words
of that experienced man, Shrī Phiryaḍāmara.” He
blamed himself every day and said,—“If I be perfectly
innocent then let my evil doers, the Mārgesha, Tāji-
bhaṭṭa, and others reap the fruit of their work in a few