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

368 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
and remained at Samudramaṭha, and thence fought with
their enemies by means of fire arms. After fighting for
a month with fire arms and arrows, the party of · Dauluta
Chakka obtained the victory.
Then the great men of the country sent a messenger
who verbally delivered to Chakrapati, who was in
the house of the Khashas, the following message
of the Mārgesha :—"O Chakrapati! it was by wicked
minister like you that the devotion due from the minis-
ters to the king was withheld, even as the moonbeam
is by a cloud. The ministers used to wait with clasped
hands before the boy king during his reign in accord-
ance with the duties they owed to government; but
why has that king been imprisoned by you? What fool
can by a pitcher shade the sun?" When Chakrapati
heard these words from the mouth of the messenger, he
released the king. Mahammada Shāha then came to
Lohara and exacted revenues and other taxes from towns
like the former sovereigns of the country. This wise
king then consulted the Mārgeshas and gave leave to
the Muggulas to depart. He honored the Mārgapatis
and gave them their posts. The Turuṣhkas passed over
Lohara and reached their homes; and Ālimera received
Mahammada Shāha, his old master. Here the Mera
passed the winter, and then, as advised by the Mārgesha,
he took the king, who was like the season of spring, to
the gardens of Kashmīra. Nājoka, after having reigned
for one year, received from king Mahammada Shāha