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

332 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
routed, and destroyed the troops of Kashmīra, as a
lion destroys herds of elephants. The Mārgapati retired
within the city, fearing mischief from Saiphāḍāmara
as before, and perceiving that he had lost the regard of
others. The bridge was destroyed, as during the
previous civil war of the Saidas, and the citizens on
both banks of the river were harassed, as if they
belonged to two separate kingdoms. Pirvaja the Pratīhāra
and others came from Maḍavarājya, and they left the
side of the king and went over to that of the Khāna.
The Mārgapati found that his army was weakened
by mutual dissensions and was at a loss to know what
should be done ; and like the Saidas he spent two or
three nights in the temple of Skanda. At one time he
had made Meyā Mahammada head of all the army, and
had joined with Nosarājānaka and risen against his
master. What could he not have accomplished had
his body been as strong as his mind, and had he not
pursued only his own interest. But he sought his
own interest, and slighted his nephew the king, and
rose against him, and these acts became the cause of
his destruction. His army fled, he was humbled and
afraid, and he sought shelter with his benefactor
Jyallala Ṭhakkura who was living at Kharvvāshrama.
He was reduced to that state to which his opponents
had been reduced by his orders. Fie to the uncertainty
of prosperity derived from royal power ! As the king
Bahrāma had, under the influence of the seven planets,