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saw a dream, in which he saw a huge Wish-fulfilling Tree, capable of gratifying all kinds of wishes, rising up in the sky! Jaya Varmā's son, Anantaveerya beheld the bright Moon ascending into the higher regions of the Sky, surrounded by a number of stars! Her Imperial Majesty Queen Subhadrā, the daughter-in-law of the WORLD TEACHER and the favourite wife of the Emperor, saw the Indrāni (the Queen of the first Heaven) consoling Yasasvati and Sunandā, the two co-wives of the Lord! The Prime Minister of Bharata saw a Jewel Island rising up in the sky; and Chitrāngada, one of the sons of King Akampana of the swayamvara fame, beheld the Sun vanishing into the Sky with great lustre!
These dreams created a sensation in Ajudhya and Vārāṇasi. Bharata was still discussing them with his men when one Ananada brought the news of the dispersal of the Samavasarana, and of the WORLD TEACHER'S applying Himself to the eradication of His remaining karmas. The Emperor immediately proceeded to the Mount Kailāśa on the aerial vehicles of his Vidyādhara feudatory kings, and there performed the worship known as the Mahāmaha for a whole fortnight.
At last on the fourteenth day of the dark half of the month of Māgha, at the time of sun
