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

330 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
and made him insensible ; and the Ḍāmara took away
the Mārgapati's gold coloured auspicious and indestructi-
ble necklace, as if it were the goddess of victory. The
Mārgapati lay there, neglected by his own men, but a
horse of noble breed, fleeing from the battle, saved him,
and his mind was comforted.
When all the ministers direct the helm at the same
time, and lean on the same side of the vessel of
state, Royal Fortune sinks like a boat though supported
on all sides by arms. When the foreign soldiers
mutinied at the beginning of the war, Katthavāḍa and
others led the Khāna out of the country in the same
manner in which he had come. Saiphaḍāmara,
skilful in battle, was then disheartened by the false
rumour that the Khāna had been captured in battle
by the king's soldiers, and he turned away from the
engagement. He went away by the Sūrapura road,
taking with him good horses and other things, but he
afterwards joined the Khāna. Then for the third time
the Khāna entered the country ; and after having
killed many men, he issued out of Maṇḍala and
arrived at Parṇotsa. The Mārgesha thought that the
time was frought with calamities, and that all were
inclined to rebel. He considered that the king was
but a young child, the ministers had become insubor-
dinate, his own men were unruly and were wishing to
go over to the side of the Khāna, the citizens bore no
affection to him, and there was no money in the palace ;