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

32 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
virtue of forbearance. The queen was won by his
assiduity, and he took possession of the Koṭṭa country
and of queen Koṭā. He spent one night with her
in the same bed, and when he rose in the morning, he
caused her to be captured by the Tikṣhṇas. Then on
the tenth bright lunar day, in the month of Shrāvaṇa,
in the year 15, the queen dropped from her kingdom
like a star from the sky, Shahmera who was as the
kalpa tree to his kinsmen and relatives, and wise in
his actions, and chief among the warriors, imprisoned
the two sons of the queen. The results of our acts
manifest themselves in every direction, and generate
wisdom or ignorance. The influence of karma is sur-
ging with the influences of time and of local circums-
tances and leads to results. I bow to the god of
karma, be it Soul or Shiva or Hari or Brahmā or
Buddha or Jina.
Shahamera then overawed the Lavanya people,
spread his fame on all sides. He took the country
into his hand, placed the goddess of Fortune on his
breast, and put Koṭā in prison. The king then assuaged
the troubles of Kashmīra and changed its condition,
and called himself ShrīShaṁsadena. The scar of the
bow string on his mighty arm was like the smoke,
issuing from the flame of his power, which could have
burnt all sides like a forest. The king removed the
suspicions of his ministers, but the ministers could not
remove his circumspection ; as the diamond pierces