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Kummāputta-Chariam
123
There was the excellent city Rājagriha, a splendid mansion indeed of excellent Justice, full of wealth, corn and the like, and very famous on the whole earth. (96)
There ruled king Mahendrasimha, a lion as it were for destroying the elephants in the form of enemies, by whose very name there was routed on the battlefield the line of the enemies. (97)
There was his queen Kūrmā like a goddess in beautiful appearance, and possessed of ornaments in the form of good qualities such as modesty, discrimination, thoughtfulness and other. (98)
They passed their time happily, enjoying themselves with various worldly pleasures like Indra and Sachī or like Cupid and Rati. (99)
A certain day, the queen was in her bed partly asleep and partly awake, when she saw in her dream the wonderful and lovely mansion of the gods. (100)
In the morning, the queen got up from her bed and having gone to the king spoke thus with sweet words. (101)
“I woke up this morning after having beheld in my dream the Residence of Gods : what will be the special fruit of such a dream?” (102)
The king became pleased and gratified at this, and with his body full of horripilation, spoke as follows according to his knowledge :-(103)
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