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

52 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA:
to your house. When he is once in your house we will
kill him or seize him by force, and then the prince will
prosper." It so happened that this plan was revealed
to the king; Udayashrī became alarmed, and caused
Hassana to flee. Men like him are precious like the philo-
sopher's stone, and are worthy of praise in this world,
for he remanied fixed in his resolution, and he caused
another to flee. He was engaged in an undertaking
than which nothing could be more desperate; and he
was detected in it, but the forgiving king did not be-
head him. Udayashrī's faults were concealed in his worth,
and he passed his days, pure in appearance, like a lotus
in the mud. Though the moon-jewel be at a distance
from the moon, and concealed in water, does it not
even then emit moisture when embraced by the rays
of the moon? Thus thought Udayashrī to himself,
and he felt a desire to go to the prince; but the
king, who had heard of his treason, placed him in
prison; and, as if instigated by the gods who seemed to
know his purpose and that of his instructor, slew him in
anger. The elephant which crushes the lotus, the wind
that breaks the sandal tree, and the king who destroys
good men deserve censure in the three worlds. This
world is like a garden, and men are the flowers, and it is
in their words that praise which is like perfume, is sought..
As the blind man, who has lost his hands and feet, becomes
excessively timid, even so prince Hassana became timid
at the death of Udayashrī. The evil minded Khasha