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

12 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
the habitation of cows and Brāhmaṇas. But the king
was hated by the secret agents of his enemies, the
sons of Kalhaṇa who were intent on plunder, even
as a lamp is hated by thieves intent on theft. Bene-
ficent to poets, as the kalpa tree with its extended
branches, the king was cut down by the evil mind-
ed and wicked sons of Kalhaṇa. Yhshaka, a learn-
ed poet, made the king the hero of his composition,
and it was like the necklace, an ornament for the
learned. The king, who was a benefactor of his country,
was slain on the fifth lunar day of Bhādra, in the
year 28, after ruling the kingdom for sixteen years and
ten days.
His son Rāmadeva then executed the murderers of his
father and entrusted the duty of governing the people
to Pṛithvīrāja. The king built a fort at Sallara on the
right side of Ledari. It was marked with his name,
and was like a monument of his fame. When preparations
were made for the subjugation of Shamālā, the temple
of Viṣhṇu at Utpalapura had been broken through
carelessness. This temple was now renewed. Alas !
Vidhātā has not given a flower to the sandal tree, nor
fruit to the champaka ; and he gave no offspring to this
king. The king adopted as his own, the son of a cer-
tain Brāhmaṇa who inhabited Bhīṣhāyakapura. The
strong affection that existed between the king and his
adopted child was like that of a father for his own son ;
even as a good painting is like the object painted.