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I.ALITA-VISTAMA. immersed in a borrid sleep; no one's mind was turned to dancing, or singing, or pleasure ; the king himself was in deep grief, and distracted by the appreliension that the high glory of the S'ákya race would be destroyed.' (6)
“Gops was sleeping in a separate bed, as was the king, and at midnight she dreamt this dream ; the whole earth was being shaken, as also the mountains with their stony crests; and trees, worn from their roots by the wind, lay on the ground. (7)
"The moon and the sun did nut shine, but were cast on the ground along with the starry host. She saw her hair had been clipt hy her right bani, her crown broken, Ler hands cut off, and 9) were ber feet, and she was denuded. Her pearl necklace wus toru, and she saw the shepherd's daughter (a play on the nume Gopa) quite mutilated. (S)
She saw her bedstead divested of its four feet and lying on the ground. She lebell the well-decorated and handsome staff of thu king's umbrella broken in twain, and all his ornaments lying dofaced anrl scattered in water. Her husband's oruaments and dress audierova shu bield in distress lying on the best. (9)
“She beeld meteors shooting forth from the town, and the palace inmersed in clarkness. In hier dream she saw tho well decorated jewutled lattices all broken and showy pearl garlands lying Brattered; the great ocean was in trouble, and the mountain, king Moru turn from its place and trembling. (10)
"These Highis sarv the S'ákya daughter in her dream, and, waking after the dream, with terror-struck eyes who thus addresser her husband : Lord, sny what will happon to me; I can remember having seen no such dream before, und my mind is greatly agitated.' (11)
"llearing this, the prince replied to Gopá in a voice sweet as the twitter of the sparrow, deep is the sound of the drum, and venerable as that of Brahmi, 'Be of good cheer; no evil can happen to you. Only persons who have performed mapy vir tuoas deeds can behold a throain like this, none who be gone through many pains can drekin such a dream. (12)
