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

KINGS OF KASHMÍRA. 335
female bee extends the hive by working with her feet ;
but others come and raise a smoke, deprive her of the
hive, and enjoy its sweets. For six months the followers
of the Khāna enjoyed at ease what others had saved in
their houses with great care. None however plundered
the wealth which was hid in the grass and besmeared
with blood, mistaking it for the rags of a lying in room
left in a dirty place. Listen to the truth which we
tell you, O ye rich ! Make proper use, by gifts and
enjoyment, of the wealth which you have hoarded in
your houses depriving others of it. Otherwise, riches
are of no value during this period of revolution in the
kingdom. Some people scattered broken pots and
boxes round their houses, pretending that they had
been plundered, and thus deceived the Khashas.
Some citizens saved their wealth by emptying their
houses, and filling grave-yards beyond the water with
their goods. Holes were dug and heaps of riches
were thrown into them, and the earth every where
became vasundharā (holder of wealth) in reality as its
name implies. The people of Rājanavāṭika threw
missiles and stones with a view to obstruct the road
and did many rash acts. The revolution was to the
royal officers what the sound of drum is to the serpent ;
it was to the old and persecuted servants of the king
what the winter is to the lotuses ; it was to the king's
dominion what the thick smoke is to the hive ; and
it was to the new court of the king what the spring is