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

KINGS OF KASHMÍRA. 391
come"? Thus oppressed in body by a severe leprosy that
was visible to all, the king was deprived of his life, and with
it, his lust for worldly prosperity. Hosaina Khāna, the
brother of the deceased king, dug a hole in the earth,
and performed the rites due to the dead. The earth
at that place was suddenly lighted up by the fire of hell,
and smoke rose from it, which astonished the people.
The smoke was as it were the breath of the king tortured
by Death ; it arose on all sides and was seen by all ;
and all men who had gone to that place heard the sound
of chastisement with which the servants of Yama tor-
mented the king. The people wondered and said to one
another that he was gathering the fruits according as
he had sown the seed. Gāja Shāha governed the king-
dom darkened by his sin, and died within two years,
reduced by leprosy. Alas ! how that king committed
sin day and night and was in the course of a short time
cut off from many years of his life.
When the king went to heaven, his brother Hosaina
Khāna accepted the kingdom, even as when the moon
goes down, the sun rises on the eastern hill. After hav-
ing taken possession of the kingdom, the king relieved
the subjects from misgovernment, even as the cloud in
summer quenches the fire of the forest. He attained
prosperity by always attending to the complaints of the
people, and by giving gift to every one who asked for it.
His fame spread afar. The king drank new wine, sport-
ed with women, and enjoyed pleasures which even