[2] During the reign of Yoganarendra Malla, numerous skirmishes occurred with the neighboring kingdoms of Kantipur and Bhadgaon.

Around 1688, due to the influence of a minister named Lakshminarayan, Patan sided with Kantipur and strengthened the blockade imposed on Bhadgaon.

[2] Yoganarendra had no legitimate heirs when he died and thus a period of political instability began in Patan which lasted for ten years.

The feudal lords of Patan first installed Lokaprakash Malla, grandson of Yoganarendra through his daughter, as the King.

Lokaprakash died of smallpox only after eleven months of reign and was succeeded by Indra Malla, the son of Yoganarendra's sister Manimati.