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

KINGS OF KASHMÍRA. 67

Oppressed by various calamities, such as encounter with
the enemy, fear of snakes, fierce heat, and scanty food,
many Brāhmaṇas perished on the way, and thus
obtained relief. Where was then their bath, their
meditation, their austerity, and where was then their
prayer? The Brāhmaṇas wandered about in villages
begging, and thus spent their time. The wrong which
was done to the Brāhmaṇas proved beneficial to them,
since exiled by Sūha, the twice-born removed their
sins by visiting holy places. Some twice born men
who were anxious to save their wives, emaciated by
want of food, did not depart to foreign countries, but
wandered about in Kashmīra wearing the dress of the
mlechchhas. Sūha withheld the allowances of the twice
born with a view to extinguish learning, and they, in ex-
pectation of a mouthful of food, went from house
to house, putting out their tongues like dogs. It was
out of his devotion to the religion of the Turushkas,
not out of antipathy towards the twice-born, that he
oppressed the Brāhmaṇas; and hence his victims did
not much complain. This was what Sūhabhaṭṭa told
them inorder to remove the impression which his
actions created that he had antipathy towards the Brāh-
maṇas.
The Brāhmaṇas, the supporters of the world, had
taken refuge of Ratnākara inorder to preserve their
party, and this little Brāhmaṇa became the favourite
of Sūhabhaṭṭa. But Mālānodīna, the great guru of