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

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in the country, and obscured it, the Brāhmaṇas went
to other countries, even like swans that go to the
Mānasa lake. Now when king Jyallāladīna learnt of
the condition of the Brāhmaṇas, he repealed the practice
of levying fines on them, which had prevailed since
the time of the kings of the house of Chakka. He
announced that he would without delay reward those
who would respect the Brāhmaṇas in Kashmīra ; and
that he would instantly pull down the houses of those
who would take the annual tribute from them. The
Brāhmaṇas, versed in the vedas, whose fear of the pay-
ment of an annual tribute was removed by this order,
blessed the king, saying, that let king Jyallāladīna who
had repealed the annual tribute live for 10,000,000,000
years. One thousand cows were used to be killed every
day, without any opposition, under the orders of the kings
of the house of Chakka, and for them. The Brāhmaṇas
had been overpowered by the mlechchhas, even as by
darkness. They were unable to see their friends, and like
lotuses they mourned at night. The means of their liveli-
hood was consumed by the mlechchhas who were even
like the forest fire ; they did not remain in the country,
even as deer do not stay in the forest which is burnt.
As they left the country, they sometimes, like jackals,
felt alarm in the way, and sometimes they were the
objects of laughter and of reproach.
Rāmadāsa who always served Jyallāladīna was a great
benefactor of the Brāhmaṇas. This celebrated person
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