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

married Jymsara's daughter and obtained the lordship
of Bhāngila. Shahmera, who was as a lion among men,
and who had achieved many victories and won the god-
dess of Fortune, kept the turbulent province of Shamālā
under control, even as Nṛisiṃha, who could assume
many forms, the lord of Lakshmī, controlled the Daityas.
Deep as the sea wherein abides the goddess of Victory,
and terrific in his power, Shahmera taxed the people
of Karāla. His fame smiled on him, and he thought of
the conflagration of Vijayeshapura of king Kalasa. In
order to secure his possessions, Shahmera fortified the
Chakradhara hill, and showed to the people that his
works were imperishable. Shahmera marked out the
lord of Kampana, and gave him a large fortune, and
obtained a spotless fame, even as one obtains a marriage
present. Then Shahmera accepted the daughter of
the lord of Koṭa whom he welcomed. The lord of
Koṭa was as the first actor on the stage of kings. The
irreligious Lavanyas were brought under his subjection,
some by conciliation and others through disunion
caused among themselves, some by gifts and others
through fear. The Lavanya people bore his daughters
like garlands, but they knew not that his daughters
were like life destroying serpents of deadly poison.
The Lavanyas were brought under the control of Rāja-
vīji, and they were all brought under the power of
the king, as elephants submit to the power of the lion.
As a tree in a marsh is overcome by lotus-covered