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

420 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
had come, in more than one way, and so he sacrificed
his life, and thus paid his respects, and with them,
presents and devotion. Shikha Phareda came within
the city after Merja Yādgāra had been killed by his own
servants. He governed the city himself, and the thieves
could not then go about, even as the owls cannot in the
morning.
Now Jyallāladīna came to see the kingdom of Kash-
mīra adorned with saffron, walnut, fruits, and flowers.
The wives of the citizens hastened to see the king. One
woman pointed out the king to her beloved female friend
who was anxious to see him ; another exclaimed with a
flutter that she had seen that leader of the army ; another
woman, with threats to her child [who wanted to drink of
her milk] covered her breast and went [to have a view of
the king]. After the people of Kashmīra had seen the
sovereign, a continuous festivity was held in every house.
Formerly, the kings of the house of Chakka used to
exact an annual fine from the Brāhmaṇas, owing to their
animosity towards the people of that caste. In every
house a Brāhmaṇa of good family and character who main-
tained his own caste, used to pay an annual tribute to the
king. For the preservation of his sacred thread a Brāh-
maṇa annually paid a tribute of forty paṇas to the king.
The good Brāhmaṇas had left the country which was pollu-
ted by the mlechchhas ; those of the middle class had be-
come shameless ; and the low Brāhmaṇas had given up
their caste. When the mlechchhas remained like clouds