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

298 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
intellect is perverted. Those who are blinded by
pride and have lost their judgment, insult the dead
bodies of their enemies in battle. They soon come by
a similar end, and people say, they deserve to descend
to hell.
Fie to Haibhatakhāna, who, though he considered
himself to be a warrior, withdrew himself from the
battle, and went to Phakhuvā country in fear. He left
his stately horse and wandered about the country in fear,
unarmed and bereft of his servants, and he hid himself
dressed like an ordinary person. But the soldiers of the
Mārgapati were angry with him because he had killed
Dāvoda Mārgesha, and they killed him inside a house,
even as one kills a thief, and took away his head. The
soldiers cut off his head, and in their anger they waved the
head before the corpse of Dāvoda, even as a lamp is
waved before an image of a god. This was the conse-
quence of his flight. Had he gone that night to the camp
of the Saidas his life would have been saved ; but how
can a sinful man keep his judgment clear ? The servants
of the Saidas had robbed the country and killed cows in
the city, and it was for the sins of their servants, I think,
that the Saidas came to such a plight. Though Hai-
bhatakhāna was the son of a king’s daughter, and was
born in the family of warriors, it was through the sin
his servants that his heart became devoid of courage.
Thousands of Brāhmaṇas, Rajputs, Saidas, Kashmīrians,
and others perished that day in battle. It was not