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a child who should come out to be a Chakravarti or a Tirthankara and who would attain salvation in the end. If hé becomes a Tirthankara he would put an end to all miseries and corruption of this world. Peace and prosperity would reign supreme, and he would serve as a guide to the mistaken people of this world to right path. "Hearing such an auspicious prophecy of the dream readers, the king and the queen felt so very happy that they could not speak for joy. They showed a great love and respect to the dream-readers, and after giving them a huge sum of money in presents, sent them to their houses. Council of state too, congratulated the king very respectfully for his good fortune. Then the king dismissed his court and queen went to his harem accompanied by her maid servants.
QUEEN TRISHALA AND THE NOURISHMENT OF
THE EMBRYO. Queen Trishala passed her days of pregnancy very happily and very carefully. The king's treasury began to increase in wealth since the day he saw her fourteen dreams; God Jambhaka also helped the king in excavating wealth from underneath the ground and hoarding it up in his treasures. The boundary of his kingdom also enlarged and his glory increased more than a hundred times. No doubt even the most fearful forests turned into beautiful cities to those who have got the wealth of good deeds done in previous lives. People became their friends and well-wishers and the whole world became ready to supply all kinds of precious stones to them. Thus, seeing the general prosperity of kingdom both the king Siddhartha and queen Trishala now began to feel more and more the truth of the prophesy made
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