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mba, sprinkled with showers of rain, fixed those dreams in his mind, and having fixed the dreams, begins to think about their meanings. Having commenced thus, he meditates upon the meaning of those dreams through the medium of his natural innate intellect determined by his superior knowledge. Having done so, he spoke thus to Ksatriyāni Trisalā addressing her repeatedly with those pleasing, ( lucky, measured, sweet ] auspicious words.
52. Noble dreams, o beloved of the gods ! you have seen; auspicious dreams, o beloved of the gods ! you have seen. Thus O beloved of the gods ! you have seen noble, prosperous, Tucky, beautiful dreams, bestowing health, contentment, longlife, luck, and prosperity; O beloved of the gods ! you will acquire wealth; O beloved of the gods ! you will get pleasures; O beloved of the gods! You will have a son; beloved of the gods! You will have happiness; O beloved of the gods ! You will acquire a kingdom. Thus, o beloved of the gods ! After the lapse of nine months and seven and a half nights and days, you will give birth to a lovely, beautiful, handsome child who will become au emblem of our family, a lantern of our family, a support of the family, 3 diadem of the family, a fare Tilaka, An ornament of the forehead for the family, a renowner of the family, a maintainer of the family, a sun In family, a prop of the family, a gladdener of the family, a maker of the fame of the family a shelter of the family, an augme. ntor of the family, a child with tender hands and feet, whose body is furnished with unlacking complete five sense-organs, furnished with lucky marks and signs, and whose handsome body is furnished with all the members which are well-measu. red, well-proportioned, appropriate, perfect, and beautiful, and with a face as calm as the Moon
53. Besides, the child. when he has completed boy--hood, and, after having acquired proficiency in arts and sciences, when he has reached youth, he will become a benevolent, powerful, invincible king-an owner of an extensive large ariny and force.
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