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

KINGS OF KASHMÍRA. 61
varyya gave up all his property, as if it was worthless
as grass, but did not by accepting the king's favour
pollute his own caste. It is an established rule, that
the master is responsible for the fault of his servant,
and therefore for the fault of Sūhabhaṭṭa Death became
angry with the king. Having coronated his eldest son,
king Shekandhara died on the eighth lunar day of
Jaiṣṭha, in the year 89.
Ālishāha, then, like the moon, when his sun-like
father was set, dispelled the world's darkness which
came at nightfall. He was a boy and unfit for the joys
of love, but the goddess of fortune, born in the family,
bent herself down and embraced him again and again.
The other kings bowed to this boy as they had done
to the late king. He who is bitten by a serpent does
not venture to assail a rope. Sūhabhaṭṭa had devoted
all his energies to doing mischief to the gods, and he
therefore became chief among the king's ministers.
Ladda the Mārgapati had, suspecting nothing, left
aside his arms but he was siezed with all his sons except
Mahammada. When the powerful Mahammada, who
knew well about the roads of the country, heard about
the capture of Ladda, he fled by the hill road of Bhān-
gila. Shaṅkara, the physician, was besieged, but he
remained fearless, and the intellect of the armed men
though sharp was fruitless against him, and did not
afflict him. The lion which proudly overlooks danger
may set his foot in a trap, but it is strange that the