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

372 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
destined life to spend. It was owing to the evil deeds of
sinful men that calamities had before now visited this
country, such as the ravages of the Juluchyas, and
the battle of Kajjala.
The Mārgapatis headed by Chakresha joined the
king, they came from Chakradhara, crossed over from
the left side of the Ledarī, and pitched their tents near
Bhīmādevi, with a view to fight. In the battle which
there took place Eskandara Khāna, Merja Haidara,
and other great warriors united themselves together
and went against the Kashmīrians; and Mallekālaka
Hosana Mera, Shikhāla, and Kamāla Mera, in the two
armies sacrificed their lives at the foot of Mārttāṇḍa.
Some Kāskārian warriors made a good use of their lives
in the contest with Mallekāla and others, and went to
heaven. Ālimera perished in the battle with the Muggula
chiefs, in the cause of his country. O fools! look at
that death and ever serve your king, and leave aside all
fleeting riches of the world. The Kashmīrian soldiers
fled like Vidura when Ālimera died, though cheered by
Chakresha and the Mārgapati chiefs. The headless
dancing goblins, the Yakṣhas, men, sprites, and Rākṣhasas
were eager to devour human flesh in this field of
battle, which looked like a place crowded with the
followers of a bridegroom. The survivors returned to
their places of shelter from the field of battle where men
had been drunk, as in a garden, with warriors' wine.
Then in accordance with the orders of the king,