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

KINGS OF KASHMÍRA. 53
chiefs were glad at the reward bestowed on them by their
master, and even attempted to kill prince Hassana.
When the enemies were confounded and dispirited, and
they melted away, the wisdom of the king became like
a light to the people. Then on the banks of the Vitastā
he built a town marked with his name, and the lofty
golden umbrella placed upon it seemed, by its beauty, to
mock the skies. The king saw that the people died of
famine every year and he performed a Jajña in the
month of Bhādra, and distributed large gifts.
In the old age of this king, the hair about his ears
became white, as if by listening to the nectar like words
of good men. But the king was not yet blessed with a
boy who would have been an ornament to the family,
a rock of support to the world, and a destroyer of the
enemy's prosperity. At last there came a yogi named
Brahmanātha from Kashmīra, and through his favour, the
king obtained a son after a time. The queen gave birth
to a son who was the ornament of the family and the
delight of his father, who was like a feast after a fast, a
subverter of darkness, and a destroyer of the eyes of
enemies. The king of the world saw the child who was like
the abode of love, and he named it Shṛiṅgāra. In the
festivities which were held on the occasion, the king, out
of the gladness of his heart, ordered the imprisoned to be
released, and it is strange that the boats in the bridge of
boats were still kept chained. The queen gave birth to
another boy, named Haivata, whose beauty rebuked the