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

56 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
was stained with the sin of treachery against those who
had confided in him, he feared death from the king
who was mild on account of his kindness, and he cut
his throat by his own sword. As the king of birds kills
serpents, and the lion kills jackals, so the king of the
world killed the guards placed on him. Kingdom and
the safety of his body and mind and his personal free-
dom were preserved to the king even like the fruits of
penance performed in the midst of five fires.
The king dispelled the gathering gloom of the pride
of other kings, and commenced his march which alas!
terrified Indra. His great prowess coloured the world
red, but made colourless the nails of the sorrowing
wives of hostile kings. At this time the king of the
mlechchhas had plundered Ḍilli and made it like a
widow deprived of ornaments and without a protector.
When the king of the mlechchhas returned, he was
afraid of the king of Kashmira, and gave him two large
elephants as presents. The elephants exuded moisture
as they passed and the line marked by the moisture
was the boundary of the kingdom of Kashmira which
the king of the mlechchhas himself seemed to demar-
kate. The two big elephants looked like peaks of the
Himālaya, and Agastya became angry, apprehending
that the Vindhya mountain was rising in dimension.
When they crossed the Vitastā, they saw their own
reflection in the water, and became angry, mistaking
the shadows for rival elephants. They were proud of