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

KINGS OF KASHMÍRA. 303
ance of their own interests. But now that they were
destroyed, others obtained by force the posts of ministers
which the Saidas had held so long. Fate is powerful in
this world, not man.
Jyallāla Ṭhakkura took possession of Nāgrāma and
the other possessions of Meyā Hassana ; and his son
took Lohara and others places. Srī Jyahāngira took
Vāngila which had once been his own, and then
he took Makhūya and other places. Saiphaḍāmara
became master of Mākshāshrama and other places,
and gave other villages to his brothers, befitting them.
Jonarājānaka was in command of troops, and had
become strong and independent, and did not rely on
the help of any one else; and he made himself master
of Parihāsapura. The powerful Ebhrāhima the Mārga-
pati took to himself the possessions of the Dvārapāla,
and gave protection to the servants of the Saidas. The
ministers, like the elements which compose all the
substances of this world, created new things in govern-
ment. One Ṭhakkura was of the party of the Mārgapati,
and another Ḍāmara was of the party of the Rājānaka,
they both became conspicuous like fire. The boy king,
who was like a soul without action, was merely a
witness to the administration which was conducted by
the ministers. They divided the country among
themselves as they liked, and made the king write the
three letters of sanction on the documents. Oppressive
towards others, disliked by the subjects, and sinful