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

KINGS OF KASHMÍRA. 31
of her own inclination.” The lord of Kampana was
thus deceived and suffered Kumārabhaṭṭa to go to the
prison. The evening, which paints the world so skil-
fully, now approached, as if to see queen Koṭā come
out of her prison. Accompanied by the boy who
carried water for his evening prayer, Kumārabhaṭṭa
entered the prison, and the grief of the queen left it.
He left the boy dressed in the queen’s garments, and
made Koṭā to follow him wearing the dress of the boy,
and thus issued from the prison.
Shahmera, who had thus risen by art, was not devoid
of circumspection ; the wise, when they are in enmity
with the powerful, never remain indifferent. Koṭā
was neither favourable to, nor angry with the powerful
Shahmera. Enmity attended with want of circums-
pection is the first germ of destruction. Once on a
time when the queen had gone to Jayāpīḍapura on
some business, the powerful Shahamera possessed him-
self of the capital. And when the Lavanya people
were subdued by the strong Shahamera, the qneen
closed the gate of Koṭṭa, in the hope of thwarting her
enemy. The strong and the wise Shahamera, a lion
among men, closed the front of the cavern-like fort,
and Koṭā like a she-jackal was struck with fear. The
fascinating Shahamera sent word to the queen through
his messengers, stating that she might sit with him on
the throne, and on his breast, with the goddess of
Royalty, and that she might live in his heart with the