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> — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [158.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja.158.p5) vipraśāpo narendrāṇāṃ vṛthā jāto na jātucit / salakṣmā rājayakṣmā hi nāhatvā vinivartate // JRt\_B.174 // > A brāhman's curse upon kings has never been in vain: / consumption, once its signs appear, never turns back without killing. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [158.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja.158.p6) gūḍhārthaṃ dāpitāḫ pūrvaṃ gāḍhayā bandhapīḍayā / vikrītā vājibhiḫ paścāt Turuṣkair hastagā janāḥ // JRt\_B.175 // > The people who fell into their hands were first forced to yield their hidden wealth through harsh torture in captivity, / and were later sold by the Turks for horses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [158.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja.158.p7) viddhāẖ kecit pare baddhā virāddhās tena kecana / ploṣaṃ kecit pare śoṣaṃ doṣaṃ yānty analād drumāḥ // JRt\_B.176 // > Some were pierced, others bound, and some were maimed by him; / just as trees from fire suffer burning, drying up, or ruin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [158.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja.158.p8) jatruvedhena baddhānām ekayā carmavadhrayā / teṣāṃ durāpam apy āsīd anyo'nyamukhadarśanam // JRt\_B.177 // > Bound by a single leather strap through the collarbone, / it was hard for them even to catch sight of one another's faces. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [158.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja.158.p9) ghāsendhanādisambhāraḍhaukanāya kṣaṇaṃ kṣaṇam / baddhā Mlecchair amucyanta biḍālair iva mūṣakāḥ // JRt\_B.178 // > Only for moments were the captives released by the Mlecchas to fetch loads of grass, firewood, and the like, / as mice \[might be let loose\] by cats. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [158.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja.158.p10) yeṣām anne jugupsābhūd biḍālasparśadoṣataḥ / Mlecchocchiṣṭaṃ gavāṃś cāsthi tair baddhair bhakṣitaṃ kṣudhā // JRt\_B.179 // > Those who once felt revulsion at food merely touched by a cat / were forced by hunger, while in captivity, to eat the Mlecchas' leftovers and cattle bones. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [158.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja.158.p11) vaitastam api ye vāri na papuḫ paṅkasaṅkulam / baddhair maruṣu tair nītair mūtraṃ pītaṃ bhṛśaṃ tṛṣā // JRt\_B.180 // > Those who would not drink even the water of the Vitastā when thick with mud, / now, led into desert wastes as captives, drank urine in extreme thirst. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [158.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja.158.p12) "kva Mlecchānnaṃ kva vaṃśo no dussahā kṣuc chrutena kim / nidrā nādyāpi mārgeṇa" te 'ntar evam acintayan // JRt\_B.181 // > "Where is the food of Mlecchas, and where our lineage? Yet hunger is unbearable—what use is learning? / Even now, sleep does not come on the road." Thus they thought within themselves. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [158.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja.158.p13) gacchatāṃ tiṣṭhatāṃ teṣām aśnatāṃ jalpatām api / so 'bhūn naiva kṣaṇo yatra na te kāryam asādhayan // JRt\_B.182 // > Whether they were walking, standing, eating, or even speaking, / there was not a moment when they were not forced to do work. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [158.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja.158.p14) Mlecchaiẖ kecit Khaśaiẖ kecid Daradbhir apare tathā / Bhoṭṭaiẖ kecit Turuṣkaiś ca kecid bandīkṛtā janāḥ // JRt\_B.183 // > Some people were taken captive by Mlecchas, some by Khaśas, others by Daradas, / some by Bhauṭṭas, and some by Turks. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [158.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja.158.p15) annaṃ gṛhe vane vittaṃ mārge bandhūn vihāya ca / palāyām āsur apare Turuṣkabhayasambhramāt // JRt\_B.184 // > Leaving behind grain at home, wealth in the forest, and kin on the road, / others fled in panic out of fear of the Turks. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [158.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja.158.p16) karuṇāgauravaghṛṇā drutaṃ gantum aśaktiṣu / bālavṛddhābalāsv ete tyaktavantaḫ palāyinaḥ // JRt\_B.185 // > Pity, respect, and tender concern were abandoned by those fugitives / toward children, the aged, and frail women who were unable to flee swiftly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [158.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja.158.p17) na bhuktaṃ kṣudhitair mārge na pītaṃ tṛṣitair api / kim anyad bhayasaṃbhrāntaiḫ paścāt tair nāpi vīkṣitam // JRt\_B.186 // > The hungry did not eat on the road; the thirsty did not even drink; / what is more, panicked with fear, they did not even look behind them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [158.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja.158.p18) kṣudhā kecit tṛṣā kecid bhiyā kecit pare hriyā / bhayād biladarīṣv eva praviśyāntar vipedire // JRt\_B.187 // > Some perished inside from hunger, some from thirst, some from fear, others from shame, / having entered into mountain caves out of terror. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [158.p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja.158.p19) bilapraviṣṭāṃs tāñ chrutvā tato niṣkāsanecchavaḥ / niṣkāruṇyās Turuṣkās te dhūmaṃ bilamukhe daduḥ // JRt\_B.188 // > Hearing that they had entered caves and desiring to drive them out, / those merciless Turks set smoke at the mouths of the caves. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [158.p20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja.158.p20) dhūmenāntar vipannānāṃ narāṇām asthirāśayaḥ / dṛśyante 'dyāpi dhūmotthaṃ mālinyaṃ ca guhāmukhe // JRt\_B.189 // > The piles of bones of the men who perished inside from the smoke / and the black soot produced by the smoke can be seen at the cave entrances even today. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [158.p21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja.158.p21) rājāpacāram akarot prajāsu phalitas tu saḥ / nārīṇāṃ capalā dṛṣṭir dantair gaṇḍas tu khaṇḍyate // JRt\_B.190 // > The king committed the wrong, but its fruit fell upon the subjects: / a woman's glance is wanton, but the cheek is bitten by teeth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja~en-mt.158) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja.158) · Pramāṇa