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RIŞABHA DEVA A gnome's dance constituted the seventh dream, and it foretold that people would begin to worship demons in the fifth kāla, in place of the True Divinity! : A tank full of water all round, but dry in the centre, was seen next. This meant that Religion would disappear from the Aryāvarta, and would spread in the surrounding countries, occupied by Malekshas!
A lustreless heap of gems covered over with dust tras seen next. This signified that in the panchama kāla saints would be unable to attain to the purity of śukla dhyāna (pure self-contemplation or meditation of the higher type)!
A dog feeding on sweetmeats and being worshipped by men was seen in the tenth dream. Its import was that low class persons would parade as worshipful men and would be actually worshipped by the people !
A bellowing young bull was seen next. This meant that people would generally enter the holy order in their youth in the fifth kāla, instead of in old age !
In the twelfth dream Bharata saw the Moon surrounded by nebulous matter. This meant that the saints would be unable to acquire even clairvoyance and telepathy in the panchama kāla!
Two bullocks going together were seen next,
