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

54 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
moon. It was a spot in the character of the king, as
there is a spot in the moon, that he took unto him as
his wife the dame world, although she was of his family.
On the second day of the dark moon, in the month of
Bhādra, in the year 65, king Kumbhadīna, the chief
among kings, died. The queen was sunk in sorrow,
and the two princes were infants, the subjects were
therefore without a master and were struck with fear.
The profuse tears of the queen were like the rains in
the rainy season, and the ministers were like fish therein.
Uddaka and Sāhaka consoled the heroic queen. They
said, that it was useless to indulge in grief, that one
must have patience under such a misfortune, and that
the evil minded people were rising in the kingdom which
was without a strong ruler and without a king. They
then crowned the elder Shekandhara [Sekender] as king
of this great kingdom. By the order of the new king,
Uddaka treacherously burnt Mahammada, son of Sāha,
and his own daughter and son-in-law to death. The huge
whale unwittingly devours its spawn, and the bee which is
destined to perish when its hive will be robbed of honey,
destroys its own mother. What wicked deed will not
foolish men do under temptations,—their senses per-
plexed, and knowing that at the end they will be con-
sumed by fire? The prosperity of the great queen
ShrīShobhā was worthy of admiration. She beautified
the world with a golden linga, and the heaven with the
mark of her own virtue.