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

KINGS OF KASHMÍRA. 347
daughter on him, and he being thus related to the Mār-
gesha by marriage. But the son of the Mārgesha was
hostile to him, and the powerful Utsa Malleka, whose feet
were tied with an iron chain, was fouly murdered by the
son within five or six days. Like Utsa Malleka,
Bhaṭṭārjuna had fought in the field with the armed
enemies; he was now imprisoned, and was the last of
the rebels. A deep gloom, like that when the moon is
devoured by the powerful Rāhu, spreads even over
the face of the sun when men are engaged in mutual
hostility. The people loudly lamented for Utsa Malleka
as if he were their father. Wicked men walked about
at night and began to infest the country, piercing the
dense darkness with their eyes. In that year the villagers
were doubly unfortunate, the ministers who heard their
petitions were both deaf and dumb !
Mahammada reigned for nine months and nine days.
Once he went out of the capital, when Phatihashāha,
on receiving encouragement, came in. The king
bestowed the post of the minister on the Pratīhāra
Jyahāṅgīra, and he gave the great estate of the Siddhā
country to Rājāna Shṛiṅgāra. He had become king
by his own efforts, and he gave Kācha Chakra the
authority over the arsenal of his own will. Kācha-
Chakra was strong, and his prowess was like the rays
of the sun. Surely Kācha Malleka was an incarnation
of Indra and of Vishṇu, since throughout his life he
was graced with kingly fortune. The heroic Kañchana