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vases with a large golden lotus each, on the top. In her ninth dream she saw fishes sporting in a lovely tank, bedecked with different kinds of lotuses. She next saw an effulgent Lake filled with a pale yellow fluid which shone like liquid gold. In the eleventh dream she saw a great Ocean agitated with waves which broke, with gentle sounds, into small spray. She next saw a very big Throne that was set with bright stones. Her thirteenth dream was the sight of a heavenly Palace ; the fourteenth, of the Residence of the Nagendra who is the Lord of the devas of the Naga Kumara clan; the fifteenth, a heap of glittering Jewels, and the last a Blazing Fire that burned smokeless and bright! After these she saw one more dream which was the sight of a large beautiful bull, resplendent like gold, entering her open mouth !
It was the morning time when the virtuous Queen of Nābhi Raja saw the above dreams. Soon she woke up, full of joy. She understood her dreams to be the herald of a great joy that was to come into her life. Who was there in all her great kingdom who might be ignorant of the great Event that was going to take place? She performed her toilet as usual, and with a light step and a wildly-beating heart proceeded towards the king's apartments. She found him
