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

KINGS OF KASHMÍRA. 55
Uddaka apprehended that as he had destroyed the
king's friend, he would be killed, and he removed the
king's brother by poison. He had sworn to Sāhaka
that he would by his own sword cut his own throat
before rising against Sāhaka. By such assurance, he
obtained the confidence of Sāhaka and killed him. To
the evil minded, whose destruction is near, their evil
deed becomes the harbinger of their death. The king
was apprehensive that he would be killed like his bro-
ther, but he had now grown up, and he made his party
strong. But the proud Udda, who had returned after
conquering the Bhauṭṭas, was unable to brook the ad-
vancement of others, and he killed Khuñjyārāja, brother
of Shrī Shobhā. Uddaka then ordered Mammaka, a
dependant of his, to create a disturbance at Dvāra, and
discarding the king's affection for him, he went in pride
to Helara. He heard that Laddarāja and others were
following the king, bow in hand, and were prepared for
battle in some deserted place. They whose destruction
is nigh think themselves to be sensible men, and gene-
rally mistake their own shadow for ghosts. The soldiers
of Udda had come prepared for fight, but when they
saw some she-buffaloes on the other side of the Vitastā,
they mistook them for horses, and fled. The king
pursued them, and at night captured Uddaka at Vitas-
tāpura, but was afraid of a disturbance in the city and
returned. Though Uddaka deserved to be killed, the
king cast him into prison out of pity. But Uddaka