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acquires the wealth of rise-the rising wealth. "-On hearing these words, the king woke up, and began to think :-Ah! How sweetly did the bard say out, as if it were the speech of Sara. svati-( Goddess of Speech) expressing the real state of affairs ?” Repeatedly thinking about it, the King got up from his bed. On seeing Queen Campaka-Mālā with her lotus-like eyes expanding with joy, the king asked her the object of her coming there. She said :-O great king ! to-night when during the half a prabara previous to the termination of the night I was sleeping happily I saw in a dream suddenly entering into my mouth an unparalleled tall banner-decorated with garlands of emeralds, and diamonds beautiful with cloth flowing by the force of wind, and charming with a crystal rod ab white as foam.” Just now waking up after seeing a dream never known before, I came here for the purpose of knowing the good or evil consequences of the dream. Please explain me the result of the dream.-The klog said :-O queen ! You have seen an excellent dream. You will bave a son who will become the master of the mahl (earth) girdled by four oceans-of mabilā (females) and eminent-like a banner-in our family.” Saylag “O king! what you say is quite true," the queen applied a tight omenous knot in her upper garment, and after conversing for a short time, she went to her own palace. The king having finished his morning duties, went to the assembly-hall. Buddhisāgara, and other ministers who were very anxious to know some curiositles, knelt down at the feet of the king, and requested him :-o great king I to-day, the night of four gămas (period of three hours each) seemed as if it were thousand-yāmed; we passed it with great difficulty. We are very anxious to hear the account of Ghorasiva. Although, on looking at your tranquil face, we are slightly confident of the easy accomplishment of the work, we are desirous of knowing It especially from your mouth; please, therefore, do us the favour of narrating the incident of the night. On compliance with their request, the king smilingly narrated briefly the entire account as to how be accompanied Ghoraśiva to the burial ground, and instantly becoming aware of his deceitful tactics by
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