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

KINGS OF KASHMÍRA. 307
of the Mārgesha,—the blood issuing from the wound
caused by the weapon and moistening the ground?
Some people remarked that Jonarājānaka had bestowed
his daughter on the Mārgesha and had come to his
house under sworn assurance of safety. But never-
theless he was killed. Fie to the lust of enjoyment!
Some again said that ministers perish by violence be-
cause they are unable to tolerate difference in opinions.
Others said that Jonarājānaka with the Madra chiefs
had killed the Saidas, and it was for that crime that
he was killed by his enemies within a year. Vainly
were guards employed! Not one of the thousands
whom he maintained, could save his life at the time
of his death. Enemies rob us of all objects in the
same way in which we acquire them. Wealth wrongly
obtained does not remain long in the house, and when
fate becomes adverse, the officers of the king do not
distinguish between virtue and vice, strength and
weakness, between friend and foe, or between praise
and blame. His son had once advised him to give up
the post of commander of the army, as he could gain
no advantage by means of foreign soldiers; but good
fortune had left him, and he did not accept the advice.
When destruction comes to a luckless man, he loses
a proper regard for his son, and reposes confidence
in his enemy. Thus, Jonarājānaka had always
considered foreign soldiers as his countrymen, and had
believed the heroic soldiers of this country to be