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3. The Buddha saw that white insects with black tips were coming upto his knees.
Implication - white-robed householders would take shelter with him.
4. The Buddha saw that four multi-coloured birds came from four directions. They fell at his feet, and at once they became white.
Implication - men belonging to four castes (varņa) would be sheltered with him and would be liberated.
5. The Buddha saw that he was walking on a hill of cowdung, but he did neither slip nor fall.
Implication - indifference to the easily available wordly objects. (10).
Notes on Chapter Seven
Āyárānga, śrutaskandha One, Chapter 9. Lalit Vistara. Also, Mookerjee, Hindu Civilisation (Hindi), P. 238.
Cf. Jambūdviya-pannatti Vrtti, Vaksa. 2: Cakravarti-sambandhininām pundrekşu-cā riņinamánatankánām gavāṁ lakṣās yardhārdhakra meņa pitagokṣirasya paryante yāvadeksyāḥ goḥ sambandhi yat ksiramtat-prāptakalamaśāli-paramānna rūpam-anekasamskäraka-dravyasammis ram kalyana-bhojanam iti prasiddhaṁ cakriņam striratnām ca vinā anyas ya bhoktur-durjaraṁ mahat unmādakam ceti. Based on Āyā rānga, 9/1-4. Trişaştisalākā-purusa-caritram, Parva 10, Sarga 4, śloka 652-57; Āvaśyak Niryukti, Haribhadriya Vștti, 227-2 to 229-1: Malayagiri Vrtti Pp. 298-2 to 300-2; Āvaśyaka Niryukti Dipikā, Part One, Pp. 107-1 to 108.
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Cf. Āvaśyaka Niryukti, Gāthā 262:
