Jain Journal 1973 04

Author(s): Jain Bhawan Publication
Publisher: Jain Bhawan Publication

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APRIL, 1973
dhartha. Then having touched their head with the ten nails on their folded palms, they greeted Ksatriya Siddhartha by wishing him glory and victory. 67
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Then having been duly honoured and duly received by the king Siddhartha, who paid them obeisance and homage, and made them suitable offerings, one by one, the interpreters of the significance of dreams resumed their seats which had been erected earlier. 68
Then king Siddhartha made Ksatriyani Trisala sit behind the screen. Thereafter, taking fruits and flowers in his hands, with great humility, he said thus to the interpreters of the significance of dreams : 69
"Oh the beloved of the gods! Last night, Ksatriyani Trisala, lying on a bed, which had a long pillow of the body's length, etcetera, as aforesaid; half asleep and half awake, at the confluence of the two halves of the night, saw the following noble, till fortunate fourteen great dreams and woke up. 70
"They are an elephant, .till a burning flame. 71
"Oh the beloved of the gods! Now it behoves thee to divulge to what blest outcome do these fourteen great dreams portend." On hearing these words of Ksatriya Siddhartha and understanding them, those interpreters of the significance of dreams were delighted at heart, pleased and joyful, and so on, and they fixed the dreams in their mind. Having fixed them in their mind, they entered upon considering them, and discussed them among themselves. 72
Having discussed them, they sought to determine correctly the apparent meaning of the dreams, to consider divergent meanings as they cropped up from the discussion, to arrive at a consensus. and therefrom to a final meaning (that had the concurrence of all), and thereafter they said thus to Ksatriya Siddhartha (supporting their interpretation) by reading from the dream books: 73
"Oh beloved of the gods! Recorded in our dream books are fortytwo dreams and thirty great dreams, total of all dreams being seventytwo. Oh beloved of the gods! When the embryo of an Arhat or a Cakravarti enters into the womb, then the mothers of the Arhat and Cakravarties wake up on seeing fourteen out of these thirty great dreams. 74