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

354 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
of the Mausulas which began in the time of the Saidas
was made prominent by Somachandra, and was per-
fected by Kāka Chakra.
' Now in the month of Shrāvaṇa, in the year 95, the
great king Phatāhashāha, the moon among sovereigns,
died in a country outside Kashmīra. Mahmadashāha did
not take his meal on the day in which he heard of this
event, nor did he sleep, or bathe, but spent his time in
thinking of that king. Where could be found a king
like him experienced, truthful, patient, a great politi-
cian, a lover of men of worth, and one who loved his
servants ? The king was born in a country outside
Kashmīra, and he died there. The work of fate is
extraordinary ! The corpse was then placed in a litter
and was brought here within a few days, by his ser-
vants and chiefs, in order to give it its last funeral rites.
The king, attended by his ministers, placed the de-
ceased sovereign in the ample burial ground of king
Shrī Jainashāha and others, where the crystal grave-stones
lay like images ; and performed the rites befitting a king,
and laid the body under the ground. What exertions
does not a king make in order to preserve his kingdom ;
and to root out from it men of violent temper, powerful
persons, and wicked servants ; and to support his own
ministers ? But alas ! when fate forsakes him, he is over-
whelmed by a tempest of misfortune, and is overthrown ;
and like a tree he is tossed about, and he falls. Or
why did this king kill his own ministers Saiphadāmara