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

388 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
O king ! a great battle will be fought, and a river shall
flow with rapid current even through the field of battle ;
or it may be that the distress of the people caused
by famine shall everywhere prevail ; therefore rule the
country wisely.”
Now Kara Bhaddora, a servant of Merja Haidara,
came again with his army, with the object of conquering
the country. When Gāja Shāha heard this news, he set
out with his horses, at whose trampling the rocks re-
sounded and were powdered into dust. The king
sheltered himself at Rājavira, and ordered the infantry,
which was on its way, to fight. The two kings met
at Rājavira, and the people, who had been frightened
at the very idea of the meeting of two kings, became
alarmed. When Kara Bhaddora saw the skill with which
the infantry marched into battle, his heart trembled like
the wind, and he became alarmed. Then when he saw
the Kashmīrians discharge their arrows, he became
enraged. He fled from the country at the sight of the
infantry, even as darkness flies at the sight of the rising
sun ; and the people came out of their houses when he
had gone. As a family prospers when the serpent leaves
the house, even so the glory of the king now increased,
and the world glowed in his glory.
The king's prowess increased like the sun’s in the
summer season. But alas ! at this time Chakka and
others, whose hearts burnt with rage, entered the city.
When the enemies had encamped at Sadāshivapura, the