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KUMARAPALAGARITA
but he, too, was regarded as undeserving, as he sat inapi extremely humble position joining his hands in an attain tude of prayot. Kāṇhadadova then put forward Kumārad para, who won the applause of all that were thereby aking his seat on the throne in a neat and majestic posiu tion and handling his sword adroitly. The state priest then immediately performed the ceremony of coronation and Kāṇhadadova rendered to him the prostration due to a king. Kumārapāla being of a mature age of 55 years when he ascended the throne, and having gathered vast experience in his numerous travels, conducted the government of the state independently and became anpopular among the old ministers who combined together and onoo employed assassins to murder him when he was to pass through a dark part of the palace. But a relation of his secretly gave him the information ; and he evaded their effort and put to death the hostile ministers. Kāohadadeva, too, feeling proud of the relation he bore to him and of the service he had rendered to him on the occasion of his installation on the throne, began to insult him by, publicly speaking of his low origin and poor antece-, dents.. Kumārapāla frequently asked him to reserve his criticism for private interviews, but finding that Kanhda. døya.. persisted in his insulting behaviour, without showing apy outward signs of dissatisfaction, caused his eyes to be extracted and sent him home. This established his influence thoroughly on all courtiers and subordinate princes who bore well the following truth in their heart
आदौ मयैवायमदीपि नूनं न तद्दहेन्मामवहलितोपि ॥ sta A1CT12qda Pyara ( asta? ) in garaafiq: 1987
A lamp should not be touched by a man even with the tip of his finger with the false idea that sinoe it was he who lighted it at first, so indeed it would not burn him
