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

382 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
continued for several days, occurring several times every
day, and all the people lived under canvas.
When some time had elapsed, and all men had
returned to their home, Dauluta Chakkaka governed the
whole country with a strong hand. Once he obstructed
the passage of water which flowed through a goblin
ground with a view of diverting it to a corn field where
he lived. For this act, the angry goblins threw stones
into his house at night, and heaps of stone thrown by
unseen gods lay scattered during night near the palace
gate, and the people wondered at them. In their
wonder they asked one another who it was that showered
stones every day. Now there lived a very wise and a
very pious devotee named Abhimanyu in the village of
Tūlamūla. Dauluta Chakkaka one day went to his
house and asked the saint how this great kingdom
could be freed from the alarm. When thus asked, the
saint replied :—"Cease, by my order, to levy the annual
tax from Brāhmaṇas, and then you will obtain your end."
When the saint had thus said, the chief of the mlechchhas
replied :—"Listen attentively, O great saint ! to what I
say. I will even now bestow on you the village of
Tūlamūla, but how can I, who am a mlechchha, cease
by your order, to levy tax from Brāhmaṇas?" When
Dauluta Chakka had said this, Abhimanyu became
agitated with rage ; and as the tax on the Brāhmaṇas was
not forthwith withdrawn by the Chakkaka, the saint in
anger cursed him saying that so far as he was concerned