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The king said, “O queen ! you will certainly have an illustrious son, whose lotus-like feet will shine brilliantly by the lustre of the coronets of all his tributary chiefs, who will repress his enemies by his vigour, and who will be like a flag to our family. Because, O good lady | Such auspicious dreams are visible only to very lucky persons; therefore, you honour them respectfully.” The king, then, invited clever interpreters of dreams in the morning. Having joyfully honoured the order of the king, the interpreters of dreams, -well-versed in various codes of morality and in the Science of Omeno acquired through numerous generations, -bathed and offered oblations to familygods, wore clean and costly garments, placed rice-grains and flowers on their heads, made sectarian marks of sandal-paste on their fore-heads, took a number of books on the Science of Omens with them, and went to the palace of the king. There, the king having respected the interpreters of dreams with gifts of fruits, flowers etc, and having offered them seats on elegant state-chairs, asked them the meaning of the dreams. The interpreters having deliberately thought with their indivl dual natural Intellect, and having carefully decided among themselves, informed King Prajāpati thus:--"O King ! By the supernatural influence of the greatness of these dreams, you will certainly have a son, who will be the first Vasudéva, famous in the whole world -the lord of the three continents of Bharata Ksétra-and who will be extremely powerful with unquestioned authority." On hearing this, the king, immensely rejoicing within himself, gave varieties of wealth to the interpreters of the dreams, and they returned home.
The king, then, narrated the explanation of the meaning of the dreams before Queen Mrigavati. She was greatly rejoiced. In due course of time, at fully-mature period, Queen Mrigāyati gave birth, on an auspicious day, to a son with the palms of his hands as soft as the follage of the TEST Påtală tree, (the tree bearing the trumpet flower, ) with a body as dark-coloured as the leaf of the Tamala tree, adorned with more excellent marks than the rest of the humanity, and elegant with the
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