16. Here let us reside under the shelter of some shady trees; and perform the routine of our religious functions, as the sun and moon perform their revolutions in the solitary sky. 17. There will then grow in this desert land and deserted place, many kinds of trees and plants, covering the whole surface of this lonely place. 18. The land will be adorned by fruit trees, with many a singing bird sitting upon them; and the waters will be filled with lotus beds, with the humming bees and _chakoras_ chirping amidst them. There shall we find happy groves like the heavenly garden of paradise for our repose. CHAPTER CLIII. ONE SOUL IS THE CAUSE OF ALL. Argument:--Arrival of the Huntsman, and the sage’s preceptorship of him. The other sage said:--When both of us shall dwell together in that forest, and remain in the practice of our austerities; there will appear upon that spot, a certain huntsman, weary with his fatigue in pursuing after a deer. 2. You will then reclaim and enlighten him, by means of your meritorious remonstrance; and he then will commence and continue to practice his austerities, from his aversion to the world. 3. Then continuing in his austere devotion, he will be desirous of gaining spiritual knowledge, and make inquiries into the phenomena of dreaming. 4. You sir, will then instruct him fully in divine knowledge, and he will be versed in it by your lectures on the nature of dreams. 5. In this manner you will become his religious instructor, and it is for this reason that I have accosted you with the epithet or title of the huntsman’s _guru_ or religious guide. 6. Now sir, I have related to you already regarding our errors of this world; and what I and you are at present, and what we shall turn to be afterwards. 7. Being thus spoken to by him, and learning all these things from him, I became filled with wonder, and was he more amazed as I remonstrated with him on these matters. 8. Thus we passed the night in mutual conversation, and after we got up in the morning, I honoured the sage with due respect, and he was pleased with me. 9. Afterwards we continued to live together in the same homely hut of the same village, with our steady minds and our friendship daily increasing. 10. In this manner time glided on peacefully upon us, and the revolutions of his days and nights, and returns of months, seasons and years; and I have been sitting here unmoved under all the vicissitudes of time and fortune. 11. I long not for a long life, nor desire to die ere the destined day; I live as well as I may, without any care or anxiety about this or that. 12. I then looked upon the visible sphere, and began to cogitate in my mind; as to what and how and whence it was, and what can be the cause of it. 13. What are these multitudes of things, and is the cause of all these; it is all but the phenomena of a dream, appearing in the vacuity of the Intellect.