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

362 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
the king became glad, for he thought that his king-
dom had now become free from danger. Eskandara was
not destined to see the world again, he was carried into
the palace by the servants of the king, and his lotus-like
eyes were put out. Cruel men extracted the eyes of the
prince, by the order of the king, even as the hawks do of
the deer. And even as the cranes behave towards the
deer so did they behave towards the prince. The pain
which he then felt could not be described ; but the curse
of the prince's parents, or it may be of the prince himself,
was realised on the relentless servants of the king who
had acted with great cruelty towards the prince.
Chakreksha knew that the Mārgapatis were stationed
at Kīrtyāshrama, he therefore went from Varāhamūla and
entered Shrīnagara. He then crossed the river, and the
two armies met, as if to see who gains and who loses
the battle in which many men perished. Malleka Dau-
lata, son of Chakrī's brother, arrived at night after cross-
ing the hill, and drove out the chief of the Mārgapatis
from the country. Meyā Mera the chief of the Mārga-
patis was unable to travel by the road, and some armed
soldiers perished in the way. Thus when the Mārgapatis
had fled in fear, and were perishing, Mahammada Shāha,
surrounded by the Chakrīs, went into the city.
A foolish man feels happy when his enemy is
destroyed, even like a fire that is quenched ; but it
sometimes happens that a great fire bursts out from his
house ! King Mahammada Shāha was to be deprived of