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

296 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
other chiefs and the Kashmīrians who were on the side
of the Saidas saw Bhākara and others killed, they left
the battle and fled. The leader of the Kashmīrian
army then smote the followers of the Saidas, even as
young birds are smitten on issuing from their nests,
when the river-side tree is thrown down by storm.
They fled with all their might, and neither swords-
men, nor horsemen, neither bowmen nor spearsmen could
see them. The Kashmīrians went on plundering and
destroying, and even killed those who had taken shelter
on trees ; and in this way they entered the city.
The dead bodies lay naked on the road, like heaps
of white grass, from Samudra maṭha to the east of the
city. Some were drowned in the canal, and some were
killed in the field of battle, while some were robbed
and left naked, and they fled across the country in
their terror. The earth was strewn with the severed
limbs of warriors, and seemed like the kitchen of Death
about to devour those remains. But none alas ! gives
up the love of his own person even after witnessing
that men who had lived a luxurious life and had been
like Indra in their enjoyments, and like kings in their
wealth, now lay naked on the ground, emitting foul
smell. "Rather" said Habhebhamera "would I this
day meet death in battle, leading to the enjoyment of
heaven, than endure the shame of begging a living
from my new masters ;" and he went to battle riding
a steady horse, and calmly met his glorious death.