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

time the sun, which is full of the knowledge of the three
Vedas, set, as if in pity for the destruction of men
which was about to take place in the impending battle.
As the day declined, twilight lingered for a short time,
and then, as if afraid to be alone, went away to obtain
the company of the day. When the moon saw Yākobha,
terrible in appearance and with two swords in his
two hands, and remembered that both he and Yākobha
were kings, he went, as if in fear, to the place of setting.
At this time Yākobha, whose army was tired after
having marched from a great distance, attacked the city
without delay near Sadāshivapura. It was at night, at
the time when husbands were kissing and embracing
their wives, and when Cupid was cruelly discharging
his arrows, that the cry, like the roar of a lion, rose at
the place of battle. Yākobha killed many Yavanas in
the streets and within houses, and followed by a large
army, he set fire to the gate of the palace. Kāsema
Khāna lay hid in his own house, like a black-bee enclosed
within the petals of a lotus, wishing for the arrival of the
morning. Phatiha Khāna, the Muggula, had collected
an army, he was well clad in armour, and was at
Sekandharapura. The whole city was burnt, to the terror
of the Yavanas, and the people of Kashmīra fought
by the light of the flame. When Kāsema Khāna saw
the troops of Kashmīra, he, in his anger, killed Haidara
Chakka who was in prison. Yākobha abstained from his
night attack in the morning, and his soldiers departed
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