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

KINGS OF KASHMÍRA. 393
When all the people had met at Shārikāsthāna and
the king had arrived at the hill of that place, he held a
great festival on the day appointed to celebrate the season
of spring. The people besmeared themselves with saffron,
aloes, camphor, and sandal wood paste on that day, and
looked beautiful. The king fixed a mark so high that it
could not be easily seen, and then he gave elephant, horse,
and wealth to his servant who succeeded in shooting it.
Again on the day of Shrīpañchamī the king saw the
people collect on the hill of Jyeṣhṭharudra. Some held
bouquets tastefully made of beautiful flowers to their
noses ; some were intoxicated and became uneasy when
women, strangers to them, smiled ; some drank wine and
adorned their persons with flowers ; thus all the people
amused themselves on the Shrīpañchamí day and then
dispersed themselves. Many a time the king witnessed
the dances of beautiful women, and looked at their
youthful beauties, and heard their songs, and gave them
clothes of gold and of silver, and then embarked on a
new boat.
Gradually the king was attacked with epilepsy, which
was like the stain on the bright moon. Even as the moon
is attacked by Rāhu so was Hosaina Shāha attacked by
epilepsy, and the people became uneasy in fear of misrule
as of darkness. King Hosaina bestowed the kingdom
on his brother, and, as if out of curiosity, went to
heaven which he had attained by his gifts. He went
to heaven after reigning for seven years which had al-