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

292 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
not depart in fear from this place, for want of food and
oppressed with hunger. What objections have the
Turuṣhkas to their consuming food? We eat the meat
of all kinds, and we will stay here as long as there
is plenty of beef and the flesh of male beasts. And
when we shall come out in battle, who among you will
be able to oppose us?" When Jyallāla Mallika and
others on the river bank heard this, they were glad, and
they all sat down and held a council, and came to the
following determination :—"At Sthāma we will divide
our army, and will march crossing at three points; the
Saidas too will divide their army, and will thereby be
wakened. Otherwise if all on the side of the Saidas
held together, they would be unconquerable. We will
overcome all of them if they be defeated at one point,
and be thereby reduced in number. We are strong,
and should not delay." When Jonarājānaka and others
heard this, they joined with the Madras, and said,—"we
will die or conquer." Thus they prepared themselves for
battle.
The leaders of the army at Sthāma, pursuing the
same plan of operations, crossed the river from the
ancient place called Takṣhaka, and reached a hill.
Praulabhaṭṭa and others crossed the river by boat from
a place called Hastavālikā; they were in high spirits,
and infused that spirit into their soldiers. When the
Gakkas and other soldiers, who prided themselves on
their valour, witnessed the coolness of the Brāhmaṇa