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

392 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
Indra did not enjoy in heaven. Prosperity, as if bound by
his merits, did not go elsewhere but remained in his
house ; but Fame finding Prosperity so bound went afar,
as if in fear. He had come to claim his ancestral pro-
perty, but when he arrived at his house, his desires were
fulfilled to such an extent that he did not claim the pro-
perty he had come for. People always bowed their heads
low at his lotus feet ; they were now devoid of sorrow
and they attained great prosperity. When such a king
ruled Kashmīra, the land became full with abundant
crops of fruits and flowers. The king dispelled the
fear from famine, from thief, and from foreign potentate,
and the people believed the kingdom of Kashmīra to be
equal to heaven. Wherever he sat in judgment, there
the occupation of thieves was gone. He did not feel
uneasy when he distributed his gifts, his fame therefore
spread itself abroad.
One named Khānojamāna was the minister of the
king ; and when once the king went out of the city, the
minister sucked the town dry within a short time.
But king Hosaina returning immediately destroyed the
troopers of the minister, even as the sun destroys darkness
in the morning. The subjects wondered at this act of
the king who protected them according to laws, and
himself enjoyed various kinds of pleasure every day.
He plucked out the eyes of Mahmada Khāna and others
who were the king's antagonists, and were inimically bent
towards him, and had come to subdue the country.