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

340 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
Abdālaka and the other sons of the Mārgesha were unable
to bear the honour and the fame which the son of Soma-
chandra attained, and the sight of the gifts which he
gave away. They intrigued against him and alienated
Hosarājāna from the Pratīhāra, slighted their father
who was related by marriage to Somachandra, and
broke down the bridge of Shrī Jainalābhadena which
had towered high as if it were the accumulation of
the virtue of that king. This bridge for crossing the
river was named Jainakadala ; it had stood over the
Vitastā for a long time adorning it, and a vast amount
of Rājāna Somachandra's riches was spent upon it.
It was now burnt at night, together with the houses
at Mallekapura near Vallādhya maṭha, in order to
overpower the enemies. The town and the kadala
presented the appearance of a forest that was burnt ;
and the wicked men in their plunder did not spare
even people's bathing suits. The heat of the fire lasted
for a short time, and so did Somachandra's life. He col-
lected his army and stayed at Jāladramgaḍa. Only one
per cent of the Brāhmaṇa inhabitants had Brāhmaṇa
spirit in them ; and one such Brāhmaṇa chastised the
Rājāna even as one chastises an enemy. Rājāna Soma-
chandra gave up his person as an offering to the fire of
the king's wrath and to the flame of the burning town.
The king gave him a passport to go out of the country
within a few days, and he was on the way destroyed
by the curses of the Brāhmaṇas, even as the moon is