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

KINGS OF KAṢHMÍRA. 33

jewels, but the jewels pierce not the diamond. The
king who had won fame worthy of praise, caused the
Rajputs who were at Kāṣhṭhavāṭa to flee through fear.
His fame increased, and he wisely placed on his two
sons, who were not inferior to him, the burden of the
kingdom. He reigned for five years, and three days,
and died on the full moon day of Aṣhādha, in the
year 18.
Then Jaṃsara protected the country at Satisara, un-
diminished in prosperity and obeyed by the principal
feudatory princes. Like the two pillars that support
a gate, the strength and the intellect of the king's
younger brother supported the kingdom, and they be-
came objects of apprehension. He was not inferior to
the king in making gifts or in receiving presents, in
awarding punishments or favours on the people, in un-
dertaking pleasure trips or in the luxuries of the table.
The king ceased to trust him as he had trusted before,
and the mind of the young prince was inflamed by the
people around him. When the Rajputs heard that
the king's mind was alienated from his brother, they
instantly communicated the fact to the young prince.
And when hostility was inevitable, the rash young
prince left the protection of the Rajputs and went
excited to their chief town Avantinagara. The king
accompanied by his soldiers efficient in war, took shelter
in Utpalapura and sent the following message to his
brother :—"If you have not under estimated my affec-