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and again gave expression to his sympathetic joy. The Bráhmani Devanandi, on the other hand, having thus received the interpretation of her dream confidently believed it, and with a heart filled with gladness and delight, again joining her hands, and raising them to her forehead, thus addressed her husband : “So be it, О beloved of the gods, be it as thou hast said. No word of thine shall fail; all shall be established. My desire shall be accomplished. I embrace the words that have fallen from your lips. O beloved of the gods, I confide in the truth of the joyful announcement.” Here then the matter rested, but while she was delightfully engaged in inquiring of Rishabha Datta into the meaning of these fortunate, pleasure-inspiring dreams, at the same time and season Sakrà (Sakko), the chief and king of the gods, who holds in his hand the thunderbolt, is the destroyer of cities, the performer of a hundred sacrifices, has a thousand eyes, possesses all the materials for sacrifices, is the destroyer of the Daitya, lord of that half of the world that lies to the south (of Meru), who rides on Airávat, is prince of the Súras, and possessor of three hundred and twenty पदव्युत्पत्तिरुपदेशकादौ । ज्योतिःशास्त्रे । अन्येषु च पूर्वी केषु ब्राक्ष्मणशास्त्रेषु परिव्राजकसंबंधिषु शास्त्रेषु अतिनिपुणे भविष्यति॥
