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

352 KINGS OF KĀSHMÍRA.
of the country. Now Luhara Mārgapati and Rājāna
Nosaka, bent on hostile purpose, collected an army and
entered Nāgrāmakoṭa. The whole country trembled at
this bad news because the king was absent from the king-
dom, men suffered from cold in winter, and the ministers
were not known to the people. Not knowing what
to do, Chakresha soon brought to his help the great
warrior Malleka Jyaṅgira who was honored by a public
proclamation. The powerful Luhara and Nosaka re-
mained at Nāgrāmakoṭa for a month, and then went
one morning in anger to the city of their enemies in
order to fight with them. The soldiers of Kācha
Chakresha also marched towards their foes, and they
fought with one another at Jāladraṃgaḍa. Luhara
Mārgapati retired after fighting, but Rājāna Nosaka
sacrificed his life in the battle, and enjoyed the
company of the women of heaven. Nājoka Mārgapati
and others cut off Kācha Chakresha’s fingers, but they
perished like insects in the fire. The great warrior
Devarāvatra was retiring from the field when he was
killed by Chakra’s soldiers on the banks of the Mārī
river. Kācha Chakra survived this battle ; he was like
Karṇa and Arjuna, and all the people knew him as the
saviour of the country. This great hero, this minister
Kāñchana Chakra, whose fingers were cut off in that
battle, looked as beautiful as if he were made of
gold.
Now the king satisfied the other kings [who had