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Siddhartha's Dream of Govinda and a Woman from "Siddhartha". Siddhartha sleeps in a ferryman's hut and dreams that Govinda, now a monk, asks why he was forsaken.

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Siddhartha's Dream of Govinda and a Woman

Siddhartha sleeps in a ferryman's hut and dreams that Govinda, now a monk, asks why he was forsaken. In the dream, Govinda transforms into a woman, and Siddhartha drinks milk from her breast, tasting all the joys of the world. The dream intoxicates him, and he wakes with a sense of longing and transformation.