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

62 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
bird which can see from a distance should also be en-
trapped.
When Mahammada heard of these events, he was
anxious, and wished that he could come to Kashmira
in a day, and day and night he felt ill at ease as a poor
man feels for his daughter. In order to give himself
a little rest, Mahammada entered the house of Govinda,
whom he trusted, in the country of Durddaṇḍa. The
cloud which is born of smoke quenches the fire, the fire
which is born of the friction of trees destroys the
forest, the poison tree dries up the land on which it
grows, and thus the people, overpowered with covet-
ousness, behave with enmity even towards those who
do them good. When Mahammada the Mārgapati,
arrived at the house of Govinda the Khasha suspecting
nothing, the latter thus communed within himself for a
time :—The minister Sūhabhaṭṭa, with a view to prevent
a tumult in the kingdom, had opposed the evil minded
Mahammada who was getting up a faction in the coun-
try, and this sinful and powerless man who was trying
to create a disturbance in the kingdom had that day,
out of fear, entered his place ;—it did not appear therefore
to the Khasha that Mahammada deserved protection.
In the meantime, the shrewed men who had been sent
by Sūhabhaṭṭa in search for Mahammada came to the
house of Govinda the chief of the Khashas ; and that
wicked minded man violated the ties of friendship, and
the duty of protection to one who seeks shelter, and