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

78 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
by the moon-like Sūha, the very source of evil. Possessed
of merit and appreciating merit in others, the king
encouraged learning ; and the stream of learning which
had run downward, like a canal which breaks through a
gap, now began to flow smoothly once more. He was the
destroyer of evils, and he preserved by various means
the good usages of Kashmira, even as a physician helps
our digestive functions by medicines. As if to purify the
earth polluted by the touch of Sūhabhaṭṭa, the king
kindled the fire of his prowess which lighted up the
great firmament. He pursued his policy in five different
ways, and his enemies, as if to defeat his purpose, dis-
solved themselves into the five elements, (died.)
To praise him for having conquered his external foes,
would be to reproach a monarch who had conquered the
ever present internal foes (the passions).
Though great in his strength, the king of the world
undertook expeditions only when there was an enemy
to overcome. The sun marches through the sky only
to overcome the moon and stars. Powerful as he was,
he did not wish to conquer others for the thirst of
wealth : the lion does not kill elephants for the sake of
meat. His enemies in the hilly regions were subjected,
as if for their purification, to five fires, viz. :—the sun,
the forest fire, the king's prowess, the fire of grief,
and the fire of fatigue. Although a dweller of this
earth the king never went astray, even as the moon when
full never rises but when the night begins. The politic