Jain Journal 1973 04

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

Page 26

APRIL, 1973
On hearing and receiving these words from the interpreters of the dreams, king Siddhartha was happy, delighted and pleased; his heart was throbbing with great joy, and his pore-holes expanded like the Kadamba flower beaten by rain-drops. He touched his head with the ten fingers on his folded palms, and said thus unto the interpreters of the significance of the dreams: 82
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It is correct (as you say). Oh the Oh the beloved of the gods! It is There's no doubt in it. Oh the Oh the beloved of the gods! It is
"Oh the beloved of the gods! beloved of the gods! It is just. true. Oh the beloved of the gods! beloved of the gods! It is desired, expected. Oh the beloved of the gods! The meaning you have given is wholly correct." So saying, he duly welcomed the dreams. Having done so, he gave unto the interpreters of the significance of the dreams much food articles, flowers, clothes, perfumes, wreaths and ornaments, and duly adored and honoured them; and having bestowed on them enormous gifts out of joy, which were enough to support them through life, he took leave of them. 83
Then Ksatriya Siddhartha got up from the throne, and went behind the screen where was seated Ksatriyani Trisala and said thus unto her: 84
"Oh beloved of the gods! The dream books record fortytwo dreams till wake up on seeing only one great dream. 85
"Of these, oh beloved of the gods, fourteen great dreams have been seen by you. Noble indeed are these dreams seen by you, till (you will give birth to) a victor Jina, the spiritual leader of the three worlds, the spiritual world monarch." 86
Then Ksatriyani Trisala, on hearing and understanding these, became joyous in mind, happy and pleased, till she touched her head with her ten nails on her folded palms, and in a befitting manner, she welcomed the dreams. 87
Having welcomed the dreams, she, with the permission of king Siddhartha, got up from her seat of state decorated with many gems and adorned with many miniatures, and at paces, neither hasty, nor uncertain, nor uneven or long, swan-like, repaired to her own palace. Having reached there, she entered into her own chamber. 88
Ever since Sramana Bhagavan Mahavira was brought into the family of the Jnatris, many Jrimbhaka gods of the animal world, the order