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

254 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
have been brought back. You have yourself brought
this curse on this peaceful country. As the son of king
Shri Jaina’s son, you have a right to the kingdom ; but
as his daughter’s son, Meyā Mahammada has also a
similar claim on the country. The Saidas have further
been encouraged by the Turuṣhkas with hopes of sup-
port. Such are the Saidas, and they should always be
feared. They are ever eager for the kingdom as vultures
are for meat. It is not fit, O my master ! that you who
have many ends to accomplish should devote yourself
exclusively to one. Who praises the black bee which
is attached to one plant only ? All your work O
king ! will be accomplished if you avoid placing your-
self under the influence of your wife. Be not, therefore,
O master ! influenced by your spouse. I am going away
for the safety of your kingdom as well as of myself.
The country is ruined, and you ought to save yourself
somehow.” When the king heard this he said “so will
it be.” But when he went to his wife at night, he was
overcome by affection, and he told her all that had been
said to him. Whereupon the queen who had espoused
the cause of her father’s party, became enraged, and like
a fearful she-serpent, sought to injure the Mārgapati.
Where a woman, who despises men and supersedes
her husband, becomes the master, there the goddess of
Royal Fortune does not abide long in her anger. Rising
from the side of his beloved, the king became anxious
to favour her party, and placed the kingdom in their