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

412 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
the bodies of the many who were slain, as if they were
the wine cups of Yama. So many were the stones
hurled, breaking down trees, that it seemed as if the
Kashmīrians were unable to bear the sight of lofty hills.
The waters of the fountains were mingled with the blood
of the dead. Was it that the sportful Yama played with
red powder dissolved in water ? Thus the war conti-
nued between king Yākobha and Kāsema Khāna ; and for
a month none of them was either victorious or defeated.
Now Ādūla Khāna was sent by Kāsema Khāna, with
an army to fight with the Kashmīrians who were sta-
tioned on the hills. And when the battle was about to be
commenced, the mountains became covered with clouds
which brought in a storm, and, as if with it, the last
night of kalpa for the mlechchhas. Thunders pealed
in the clouds, and the quick succession of light-
nings looked like the quivering tongue of Yama,
as if he was devouring something. The clouds poured
forth torrents of rain as the army of Ādūla Khāna
marched and he ascended a hill up the way towards
the sky. There was one named Shrīranga, a king, a
servant of Jyallāladīna ; he also went to fight, ascending
up the way towards the sky. When the Muggulas had
entrenched themselves at Sadāshivapura, the Kash-
mīrians took shelter on a hill near Jyeṣhṭharudra.
Streams of blood flowed in the battle which then took
place, and ran into the Vitastā.
Merjā Ādūla, the servant of the emperor, came with