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# Rajatarangini (Dvitiya) 299

Rājataraṅgiṇī (Dvitīyā) 299

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [299](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja.299)

na prāsīdan na cākupyat tasmin sā balaśālini /  
ghṛṇā pramādasahitā vināśaprathamāṅkuraḥ //

> She was neither pleased nor angry with him who was endowed with strength;  
> pity combined with carelessness is the first sprout of ruin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [299.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja.299.p1)

\[Ps-JRT 16\]  
devyā vāsaṃ vimuñcantyās tasyā dhanarasāśrayam /  
Śāhmere viṣavallīva drohadhīr abhyavardhata // JRt\_B.337 //

> As the queen relinquished residence, dwelling upon the pleasure of wealth,  
> the thought of betrayal grew in Śāhmera like a poisonous creeper.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [299.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja.299.p2)

vardhano 'nyatarasyābhūt pakṣo 'nyasya kṣayāvahaḥ /  
KoṭāŚāhmerayor asti kṣitimārutayor iva // JRt\_B.338 //

> The waxing of the faction of the one brought about the waning of the other,  
> as happens between earth and wind, in the case of Koṭā and Śāhmera.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja~en-mt.299) — English, machine translation

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