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

42 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
base of the Sumeru. At the junction of the Vitastā and the
Sindhu, he built a town after his own name, and the
town was reflected in the waters, as if it had hid itself
in the river through modesty. Lolaḍāmara, on whom
fortune shone steadily, built a town after his own name,
and the high edifices were like glory amassed. The
ever restless world soared upwards [in the shape of hills]
as if to reach the heavens, and thus [casting its shadow
on the town] deprived it of the rays of the sun.
Lāsā was the daughter of queen Lakshmī's sister and
was brought up by the queen. Her image was now
reflected on the mirror of the king's heart. He was for a
long time held by ties of respect to Lakshmī, but those
ties were snapped by the passion inflamed by the beauty
of Lāsā. The goddess of Fortune had, with the image
of Kṛishṇa, taken her seat in the bosom of the king, and
the fortunate Lāsā was now allowed a place by her side.
The shadow is not cast in the direction of the sun, for
the sun enjoys the glory of the day, and the shadow
brings darkness and destroys the beauty of the sun. It
has been well said that women have four times the in-
tellect of men, and none can frame crooked and pene-
trating devices better than they. The chaste Lakshmī,
though she was the daughter of a common Bhalla named
Avatāra, became displeased with the king who had
become attached to Lā ā ; and she went in anger to the
king of Sindhu who was her countryman. But the king
of Kashmīra, out of shame, though not out of deep affec-