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

26 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
and Koṭā respectfully received him with her head bent
down, even as the eastern hill receives the gloom-
dispelling full moon on its head.
Shahamera had brought up the son of Riñchana,
and owing to his affection for the boy he was an eye-
sore to the king. But the queen was equally disposed
towards both her sons, and the king, through fear of
the queen, did not harm Shahmera though he was an
object of animosity to him. During the dreadful time
of the troubles caused by Achala, the people, in fear,
had taken shelter of Shahmera, and Shahmera did not
deem the king even as grass. He frightened the king
day and night by holding up Heidara before him, even
as one frightens a bird by holding up his hawk.
Strange that this believer in Alla became the saviour
of the people. As a dried up river allows men to cross
it, and gives them shelter on its banks ; even so this
believer in Alla, calm and active, protected the terrified
subjects. Shahmera had two grandsons of great merit,
named Shirḥshāṭaka and Hiṁda, and they beautified
all sides like the sun and the moon. Proud on account
of his connection with the lord of Dvāra, and prepared
even to disobey the orders of the king, Shahmera was
like the gate of danger to those who served the king.
He had bestowed the daughter of Alleshvara on Lusta
the lord of Dvāra, and had conquered ShrīSaṅkarapura,
and thus magnified the fear of the king. His son
Jymsara was a man of business, and Bashailākashūra