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

the soldiers of the enemies before and the fire behind, he
was, like a young deer, unable either to advance or to stay.
Ālikhāna knew that the son of Vahrāmakhāna had been
released from prison by the enemies in order to do some
harm, and he therefore gave the prince an assurance
of safety, and then killed him, even as a lion kills a
deer. The Saidas blamed Ālikhāna and said that it
was by the advice of Pājabhaṭṭa that the queen had set
the prince free, in order to give him the kingdom. Others
said that the enemies had desired to relieve the prince
from bondage, but contrary to their intention, their
plan to do him good led to his ruin ; for who could out
strip the decrees of fate ? Instigated by Ālikhāna, the
wicked Mīra and others beat the prince until he became
unconscious, as the hunters do hares. When Pājabhaṭṭa
witnessed the calamity, the murder of the prince, he
became as one bewildered. He came in after the
prince, and was also killed, even as a Rākṣhasa is killed
by the people of his own party. The trees, as if in
sorrow at the sight of the murder of the prince, lamented
in the voice of the kokila, wondering why the prince, who
had never possessed anything in the kingdom, was killed.
The plants, moved by the wind, wept, as if in sorrow,
pleading against the murder of the prince who had just
been released after a long confinement. The trees,
moved by the wind, seemed to tremble at those
Turuṣhkas who had done the evil deed and committed
the heinous crime. The mother of the prince received