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

302 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
The ministers held a council in the presence of the
boy king, who was now freed from the Saidas, as the
sun is freed from clouds; and the ministers were
agreeable to the citizens, as the breezes are agreeable
to men. The Saidas relied on sinful warriors and
were attached to sin; they were violently against virtue
and the caste system, and were bent on war; and
they had held the kingdom by wicked measures, and
did it harm. The Saidas were like the sons of Kuru
who depended on Duryyadhana and were joined by
Shalla, who were violently against Yudhishṭhira and
were aided by Karṇa bent on fomenting quarrels,
and who grieved Dhṛitarāshṭra by their evil acts.
And like the sons of Kuru the Saidas did not win
victory in battle. The ministers removed the king’s
new residence from Padmapura and repaired the burnt
houses of the Khānas in Shrīnagara. The house of
Bhābhasaida Hamādāma was erected on the bank of
the river, and it seemed as if the unsullied virtues of
the ministers towered in the form of that building.
Then the ministers confiscated all that had belonged
to the Saidas, and exiled Ālikhāna and other Saidas,
with their families, from the kingdom. The ministers
of Kashmīra were of one mind, and Parashurāma and
others received honors, and returned to their country.
The leading men among the Saidas had hoped that by
bestowing the kingdom on a boy they would enjoy
prosperity, and they had accordingly acted in further-