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

400 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
in the shrine of Varāha, and there he remained ; his
ministers advanced to the front with a view to fight.
The king then thus addressed the ministers :—"You
should not fight, we will take refuge at the lotus feet of
Jyallāladīna that we may serve him. How can the
weaker of the two have the strength to overcome the
mightier ? The storm has not the strength to uproot a
mountain." When all the ministers heard this they said
to the king :—"Why do you think thus ? One never
accomplishes a religious act, he wishes to perform, if he
does not obey the good advice of his religious preceptor ;
a patient who disregards the advice of the physician never
recovers ; an elephant never acquires skill if it does
not follow its driver ; and a king who neglects the words
of his ministers never attains prosperity." When the
king had heard this, he said to those ministers :—"You
have not seen the army of king Jyallāladīna ; Indra
reigns in the east only, Yama in the south, the god of
water in the west, and the god of gold in the north. But
why do they feel proud,—they who rule in one direction
only ? King Jyallāladīna is the lord of all around. Victory
be to him ! No one was so liberal as Akavara, and no
one shall be ; he bestows gifts on the learned men even
if they be his enemies. Karṇa attained fame by the
gift of gold, Bali by that of land ; but this king, by
gift of all things. Though Kuvera is rich, he is miserly
in many ways ; though the moon is pure, yet it bears
a stain from day to day ; though fire is powerful, it is