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

402 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
his feet can be had even by great men ; and that dust befits
the heads of kings even as an ornament, and as a charm
to secure prosperity. The emperor worships the sun,
the real and the visible god ; and his difficulties fly
away from him owing to his devotion to this luminary.
The intelligent emperor Jyallāladīna thought to himself
that the different Vedas varied in their views, that the realm
of the chief of the gods was once assailed by the Asura
chief, that the pride of the Gandharvvas was also
humbled. Indra and the other gods were much subject to
fear, and Brahmā, Vishṇu, and Shiva turned towards the
sun with clasped hands ; he therefore bows to the sun,
the visible god. How can my troops cope with those
of king Akavara when they arrive ? How useless is it to
try to repel the waves of the sea when they break over the
land, by means of winnowing fan ? What harm befalls
the sun, the visible god, should an owl vilify him ?"
The king resolved to do what he had said, and went
over to Bhagavaddāsa in order to take refuge at the feet
of king Jyallāladīna.
Thus having enjoyed prosperity for eight years, king
Yosobha went to serve king Jyallāladīna.
When king Yosobha went over to the army of
Bhagavaddāsa, his son Yākobha took possession of the
extensive kingdom. He pleased all men by spending
for military purposes all the treasure which had been
acquired by his ancestors and hoarded in the treasury.
And when Bhagavaddāsa had departed from the coun-