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

KINGS OF KASHMÍRA. 259
existed between him and the Mārgapati and said,—
“Let his confiscated estates be returned to him, and
I will bring him back. During the disturbance created
by the ministers we swore friendship to each other, and
Fate will be adverse towards us if we now seek each
other’s harm.” Determined in his enmity towards the
Mārgapati, Meyā Hassana heard this said before the
king, and immediately bestowed the estate of Nausha-
hāra on his relative Ḍaulatayāna. He said that this
good servant Ḍaulatayāna, being stationed outside the
country, would do his duty well, and he directed that
one koṭi of money be given to him in order that he
might collect an army. He then sent on Edharājānaka
armed and accoutered, but soon caused him to come
back, although he had himself supplied him with money.
When Parashurāma and others, of the country of
the Madra, heard of all this, they apprehended danger
in Kashmīra, and asked the permission of the Saidas to
depart. But the Saidas said that they would allow
them to go after providing them with the provisions
for the road, they were told to stay a few days, and
their salary was promised to them. But when the
Saidas returned to their houses, they said to one an-
other that these Madra people were hostile like the
Turuṣhkas, and that they should not be allowed to
depart.
In the meantime the king felt anxious for several of
his servants; and the anxiety made his face like the