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

72 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
arrived, the king of Madra took the king with him
and returned to Kashmira. Glad at the return of his
brother, but angry at the approach of the army of the
ally the king of Madra, Shāhikhāna became sunk in
joy and displeasure at the same time. But the noble
minded prince cast aside his anger, and out of his affec-
tion for his brother, gave up the kingdom. When the
day expires, the sun gives up his radiance to the fire,
and in the morning the fire returns it to the sun and
becomes an object of praise, and worshippers pour on
it the offering of new ghee during the day and thus
increase its power. As the breeze carries with it the
scent of flowers; even so the prince was accompanied by
all the Ṭhakkuras who were the lords of the country,
and he went out of Kashmira. Left by the Ṭhakkuras,
the army of Madra descended into Kashmira in peace,
like a river without alligators.
The king Ālishāha now ascended his wide ancestral
throne, but did not win the hearts of good men. If the
bright sun does not set, how can the moon with its
visible spots ascend? When a powerless and feeble man
is thoughtlessly raised to power by a warrior, he thinks
the victory due to his own valour, and considers the
universe as a blade of straw. As monkeys disturb a
shady garden by breaking the branches of trees, so did
the Turushkas the servants of the king, disturb the king-
dom. The Yavana Merakāmatra caused a commotion
in the kingdom, uninvited by the king.