Seeing in a dream that one with low class people indulged in drinking ghee, butter and other oily liquids, signifies an attack of premagha and death from it

Stanza 16. The dream that one dived deep in waters when dancing with Rakshasas, will get one madness and death. If, however, he dreams that he is carried away by 'pretas' he will die from apasmara (epilepsy).

Stanza 17. If one dreams that he had a ride on a camel, cat, ape, tiger, pig, pretas or a jackal, he will get a sudden accidental death.

Stanza 18. After dreaming that one consumed a large quantity of bread and roasted things, he weaks up and vomits the very same materials, he will die suddenly. If he dreams that he witnessed an eclipse, he will get eye disease.

Stanza 19. Dreaming that the Sun or the Moon falls down from the sky signifies loss of eye-sight.

Stanzas 20 to 28. If one dreams of the following, he is said to experience dreadful results. Birds building their nests on the dreamer's head; getting shaved; encircled by crows or eagles; surrounded by pretas, pisachas, women, beef-eaters; getting lost in byepaths filled with creepers, grass bamboos and thorny plants, lying down in cremation grounds or deep pits; happening to fall on dust and ashes; slipping on watery surfaces, wells, tanks and miry spots; being dragged down by the force of water currents; one sings, dances, plays on musical instruments; decorates oneself with red flowers and red clothes; gets old age; becomes fat; smears one's body with oil; gets married; gets shaved; eats cooked food and dishes; takes butter and ghee; drinks liquor; vomits; gets iron and gold; gets defeated in fight or in argument; gets imprisoned; meets with accidents; loses sandals; skin in the legs gets dried; feels highly elated, laughs at angry seniors and family elders.

Lamps, stars, planets, teeth, idols of Gods, one's own eyes, either fall down or are destroyed; hills tumble down, one enters a forest filled with red flowers, or places of sinful acts; gets into a dark abyss; lies down in the burning ghat; falls down from hill-tops or house tops; fishes alone; sees persons with ochre robes, naked people, ascetics, persons with blood-shot eyes and dark-coloured people.

Stanza 29. When ones sees in his dream a woman black in colour, having aptitude for sinful actions, with long nails, hair and breasts, and wearing flowers and clothes, having no reddish tongue, he may die early.

Stanzas 30 and 31. Bad dreams are caused by the surcharge of the tridoshas in the nervous and sensory systems. Sick persons happening to see such dreadful dreams are said to die. If persons of sound health see such dreams, they will get dangerous sickness. By God's favour, some may recover but in most cases such sickness will end fatally.

Stanza 32. Drishta, Sruta, Anubhuta, Prar-thita, Kalpita, Bhavija and Doshaja are the seven kinds of dreams. The first five types of dreams do not bring about the indicated results. Dreams seen during daytime are also ineffective.

NOTES

The ancient experts in the phenomenon of dreams appear to have dived deep into the subject and their views as regards the nature of dreams, what kind of dreams would portend disasters, etc., are now drawing the attention of psychologists and para-psychologists.

Seven kinds of dreams are listed in the above stanza. They are drishta or things which one may have seen in life; (2) shruta — things we have heard in life; (3) anubhuta — things actually experienced through smell, taste and touch; (4) prarthita — things desired in life; (5) kalpita — fancied or imaginary things; (6) bhavija — not included in the above 5 categories or those due to one's own imagination; and (7) doshaja — dreams caused by a surcharge of tridoshas.

The author appears to be of the opinion that the first five kinds need not be considered as the signified results may not happen. He is also of the view that dreams experienced during daytime are of no significance.

Stanzas 33 to 35. Dreams that are forgotten soon after waking, those seen continuously for a long time or seen before midnight are not effective. It at all, they will bear fruit after a very long time. Dreams seen in the early morning hours will bear fruit the next day. If one sleeps after the dream, the effect will be little. If one happens to see bad dreams, dana, homo, japa, dhyana and puja must be done to reduce the evil effects. If a good dream is seen after a bad dream, the former alone will prevail.

Stanzas 36 to 41. The following are good dreams. One experiencing them will get good health and wealth. Seeing deities, Brahmins, cows, oxen, living relatives, kings, good people, burning fire, tank with clear water, good watery surfaces, unmarried girls, smiling handsome boys in white clothes, rakshasas, brilliant and booming with blood, umbrella, looking glass, poisonous medicines, flesh, white flowers, white dress, human excreta, ointments, fruits, hillocks, house-tops and storeyed houses, trees having fruits, men, lions, elephants, horses ond other vehicles, rivers, fords, oceans, journeys to the north and east, sexual connection with those women who could not be enticed, death, escape from danger, satisfaction of pitris and heads of famlies, weeping, getting up from the fallen place and harming the enemies.

Stanzas 42 to 46. The causes of dreams are: (a) inflammation of the humours, (b) consequence of the major and sub-periods, (c) worry or things about which one thinks much, (d) abhichara or incantation of enemies, (e) guhyakas, (f) previous associations with other beings. Dreams caused by the excitation or disturbance of vatha are: climbing up hill tops and trees, travelling through skies. Dreams caused by the disturbance of pitha are characterised by seeing things radiant and resplendent as gold, red flowers, as the Sun, fire, etc. Dreams caused by phlegmatic disturbance are: seeing the Moon, stars, white flowers, lotus and rivers. Dreams caused by disturbances to the humours, wind, bile and phlegm signify ordinary results, Dreams caused by planetary periods indicate effects appropriate to them. Those caused by chinta and drishta will be the same as seen or wished. Dreams indicating that persons are wounded by animals distorted in shape are caused by abhichara. Grihyakotha as seeing bright and dazzling things is caused by the humour pitha. Dreams caused by the planetary periods and worry will not be effective.

Stanza 47. A night has four Yamas. If the dream is seen in the 1st Yama, the result will be, before the lapse of one full year; in the 2nd, before the lapse of 6 months; in the 3rd, before the lapse of 3 months; and in the 4th, before the lapse of one month. If the dream occurs at dawn, the result takes place soon.

Stanzas 48 to 58. The nature of dreams has to be learnt from other works. Here is a dream, narrated in Ramayana seen by Bharata. "I saw my father falling down from the top of a mountain into a deep solution of cowdung dressed in dirty clothes and with hair untied; the oceans dried, the Moon having fallen down and the earth pervaded by dismal darkness; the tusk of the royal elephant torn away and the blazing fire suddenly extinguished; my father sitting on an iron throne wearing a red dress and (at that time) being railed by copper coloured and dark women; my liberal father starting to the south wearing red garlands of flowers, smeared with red ointments, and journeying on a donkey-yoked chariot; my father being dragged by a demoness wearing red dress, having a deformed face and putting on a face of forced smile; my throat gets dried, mind has no peace, I, Sri Rama, father or Lakshmana, am going to die. Is not my father happy now? are my brothers Rama and Lakshmana not free from all disease?; Sri Rama's mother also is free from all diseases; the mother of Lakshmana also is free from sickness; my mother who is not good is also free from sickness; what does she say ?"