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went together to the splendid hall of audience, where King Siddhartha was, and made obeisance to him, wishing him a continuance of prosperity and victory*. The King returned their salutations with all inanner of respect, and ordered them to be seated on the aforementioned eight seats. Having also made Trišalá sit down with her maids of honour in the place prepared for her, with a sweet-smelling flower in his hand, in pleasing and gentle accents, he thus addressed the interpreters of dreams :-“O beloved of the gods, the noble Trišalá, to-night, after having slept a short time, saw, in her own splendid apartments, the following fourteen dreams : An elephant, a bull [as before). Tell me what particular good fortune, and special felicity, these dreams portend.” Thereupon the interpreters of dreams, with glad and joyous hearts, having heard the request of the noble Siddhártha, took the subject into consideration, reflected upon it, conversed on it with one another, and asked one anuther questions, till they had made out satisfactorily its hidden meaning ; when in the presence of King Siddhartha, one of them,
___ * जएणविजयेणवद्धावति Instead of this simple form of blessing, the Commentator gives the following: "May you be happy, safe, rich, long-lived, have a numerous offspring, and always victorious, and may the Jain religion be always in your family." Also he gives another, which concludes thus: “May you live for ever,-live as long as the world lasts."
