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stopped. On seeing this disorderly state, he held up with his own hands, the royal canopy which was dropping down here and there, and he carefully guarded the great victory banner which he had obtained. On seeing the dream, in the morning he immediately called interpreters of dreams into his presence and narrated the account of his dream to them. They said "O king! There are five Eources of dreams viz. 1. About a thing experienced. 2 About an object seen or 3 Thought of. 4 By a disorder in temperament, and 5 By the supernatural influence of a divine being. We do not really understand the cause of your dream." The king said "It seems you do not accurately determine its cause." They said " Then, you verify the things you saw in your dream. You go to the park with all the materials seen by you during your dream. We do not accurately realize whether there is any fault in it or whether there is some hidden secret meaning in it. But in due course of time, there is possibility of much gain. There is some motive in your holding up the falling canopy and the acquisition of the victory-banner."
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The king accepted their word and ordered a beating of the drum for preparation for a march. On hearing the drum the feudatory chiefs with armours on their bodies came to the king. The soldiers leaving aside all other work became ready. Elephants and horses were equipped. The king riding a majestic elephant went to the park named Nandana with his complete army. Then, thinking about the seriousness of the dream seen during the early hours of the morning, getting a hint of some evil occurrence by the sudden quivering of his left eye, guessing some calamity and outwardly observiug the park, the king met with an incident suggested by a messenger sent on the previous day that a feudatory chief named Duryodhana of the neighbouring boundary, becoming vehemently enraged by long-continued animosity and becoming completely ready for a fight although he was perfectly ignorant of the king's action of that day, came at once to the park He laid a seige and great tumult arose. On being informed of
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