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

414 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
Yākobha heard of this, he went against Yosobha Khāna,
even as a jackal goes against a lion knowing him by his
roar. Kāsema Khāna had come to Kashmīra led by
avarice, but remained there blockaded by Yākobha, even
as a black-bee that comes to a lotus is imprisoned there
by the approach of night. He was full of fear and could
not stir out. He was however relieved of his fear within
a short time by the arrival of the sun-like Yosobha Khāna,
and he issued out in triumph. The news about Merjā
Yosobha alarmed Shamsha Chakka and others who
wandered about like pigeons when the hawk is on its
wing. Kāsema Khāna was freed from his fear when
Yosobha Khāna arrived, even as the chakravāka is freed
from its position of separation from its mate on the
rising of the sun. Mahmada Mera joined some
Kashmīrians and always placed himself at the service
of Yosobha Khāna who sent many people of Kashmīra
to the feet of king Jyallāladīna.
Now king Yākobha came from Kāṣhṭhavāṭa with
the desire to overcome the Muggulas, even as
insects come out of madness to a flame; and Merjā
Yosobha Khāna sent Hājye Mera with Mahmada
to subdue him. The king's and the Muggula armies
remained on their grounds unmoved, as if Fate examined
their strength by holding both of them in a balance.
The Yavanas occupied the land on the south-west, and
the Kashmīrians on the top of a hill, and none could
advance towards the other. The shouts, like the roar