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

KINGS OF KASHMÍRA. 385
Khujyahājya, Yosopha Chakra, and others who were
with the Muggulas. While Shāha Nājoka stayed at
Naushahāra, the Muggulas established a truce, and em-
ployed their time in constructing fortifications and other
works. King Gāja sent a messenger of rank who went to
the assembly held by Kara Bāhudhara and thus said :—
“Why all on a sudden O chief of the mlechchas ! have
you come with a large army, not knowing the prowess
of the king, and confiding on whom ? Have you for-
gotten the battle of Shailīshāhi ? Yours will be the sin
of the destruction of men in the two armies. If you
have strength, where is the use of works of forti-
fication ? Man enjoys what Fate gives him. Chakri
Rājānaka and others will take a portion of this country,
what then will become of this land, or of the Muggulas,
or of Khujyahājya?” When Shāsanamakura the letter
bearer had thus said, Khujyahājya replied as follows :—
“I am under the Muggulas. The chief of the Chakras
is liberal, and a man of worth ; he is the chief among
bowmen, and is upright like Nausharovāna ; how
can we sufficiently praise him ? If you give to the
mlechchhas a portion of the land which belongs to the
Kashmīrians, as a reward, you will gladden the heart of
the king of the Muggulas. Or what is the use of dividing
the country ? All know that heroes perish in battle,
and none was seen or heard of or remembered like
Gāja Shāha who has now come out of his country to
fight.” When the king heard these words from the
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