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

24 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
by Shahamera, and as Shahamera had not the necessary
strength, he did not himself rule the kingdom. The
Lavanyas, though they had risen against Riñchana, did
not oppose the wise Sahamera, as he was the chief of
his tribe ; and Shahamera bestowed on Udayanadeva the
country of Kashmíra, together with queen ShríKoṭā who
was like the goddess of victory inearnate. The exalted
but fickle goddess of Royal Fortune, who is sought by
men of worth, left Riñchana and went to the present
king, as if she descended from a high station to a low
one. The king then gratified Jyamshāra and Allesha,
two sons of Shahmera, by bestowing on them the lord-
ship of Kramarājya and other places. At this time
queen Koṭā was all powerful ; she was, as it were, the
mind, and the king, the body, who carried out her or-
ders. The Lavanyas, who had like stars been hidden
by the rays of the sun like Riñchana, now shone out
during the reign of the present king, as at nightfall.
Why should it cause any regret that the Lavanyas at-
tacked the possessions of the feeble king whose very
house was in the power of Koṭā ? The king did not
molest the country of the Lavanyas or the abode of the
Chaṇḍālas, but like one versed in the Vedas, he spent
his time in bathing, in penance, and in prayer. How shall
I describe his faith in God who dressed himself like a
hermit, and who tied bells in the neck of his horses,
through fear lest worms should be crushed to death. To
god Viṣhṇu he gave all the golden ornaments in his trea-