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

KINGS OF KASHMÍRA. 39
bereft of pride, and struck with fear. At Aṣhṭanagara
the veda-readers and the Kshatriyas wept through fear,
as if the smoke from the fire of their youth and
valor, which was extinguished, affected their eyes. When
the king had robbed the wealth and the fame of Puru-
ṣhavīra, the name of that country lost its meaning. The
women in the villages assigned to the Brāhmaṇas shed
tears, as if they offered water to the dead and food to
the living. When the leaders of the cavalry had gone
away on the pretext of repairing to the banks of the
Ghoṣhadhātu river, the king administered a severe
chastisement to Udakpati.
Returning thence, he marched southward, and
assuaged the toil of the journey in the waters of the
Shatadrū. He harassed Udakpati who had arrived
after plundering Ḍhillī, and blocked his way. He then
bestowed horses and clothes on petty kings and sent
them to their countries, and they looked as if they were
the embodiment of the king's fame. The king of Su-
sharmmapura apprehended danger from the king of
Kashmīra, and he forsook the pride of his fort and
sought the protection of the queen. It was owing to
the humility, not to the pride of the Bhauṭṭas, that the
king's horses, eager to ascend the mountains, were check-
ed. The king arrived at the banks of the Sindhu which
he found difficult to cross, but the gods smoothed
the waves of the river. This strange fact has been
heard from elderly men. Thus in his unceasing en-