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tions of existence that prevail there, as hells; and there he is still ! ”
After Svayambuddha ceased speaking, there was complete silence for some time. The audience were much impressed; but the king did not say anything on the subject, and kept his thoughts to himself. Svayambuddha, who only desired the good of his royal master, did not find his anxiety eased, and sought to find out in some way, if he could, the real state of the king's thoughts on the subject. One day he met two clairvoyant saints who were called Adityagati and Arinjaya, and related his trouble to them. The saints told him that the king had only a month left to live, that he was a great soul and would become the first "Tirthamkara in a future cycle of time in his tenth re-birth! They also told him that he had seen two dreams during the night, which they described to him, and advised him to go to him and to - tell him his dreams and their interpretation, which they also told him. So Svayambuddha immediately sought the presence of his master..
"I have.come,” he said, " to give your majesty news that is very important, indeed. But first of all let me relate to you the two dreams which you dreamed last night. You saw yourself thrown into deep mud and bogs, in the first dream, by my three colleagues, your majesty's ministers, and saw
