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

390 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
that the wicked king should have acted thus. This
heir-apparent had eighteen sons, and like a Rākṣhasa
the mad king killed them.
The king robbed even the neighbours of those who
had committed a fault, and he killed one hundred men
every day. He imposed heavy fines for slight offences, and
he robbed many villages for the fault of one. He gave
nothing to worthy men, but bestowed his gifts on the
unworthy. He ordered his servant Jaitā to kill the
prince his son, but that servant, out of affection, did not
kill him. The prince was afterwards murdered by
Delāvara Khāna. The people became alarmed and
they thus exclaimed :—"What will be thy condition
in the next world O ! sinful king ? Hadst thou no pity
even on thy own son ? Why dost thou kill thy servants
without any fault ?*
In the course of time the king was attacked with a
severe leprosy and was deprived of his beauty, even as
the moon is by eclipse. Itching was caused by worms
in his body, and pus and blood came out of it ; and
sights that are seen in hell appeared during his life time.
Worms drank of his pus and blood and ate of his flesh,
and he suffered pain during his life time greater than
that of hell. Who was not grieved to hear him cry out
“O father ! O friend ! O son ! my sufferings have

• The portion translated in this para : appears in prose instead of
  in verse in the text and within square brackets. Perhaps the editors
  of the text have here given the purport instead of the original lines.