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awakening. He remained meditative. Finally, Indra arm too, left. When it was became dark in the night the Yak a appeared. Seeing the Lord in meditation, he said – “It seems like he does not know of my heroism." He laughed. The whole forest shook but Mah v ra was unaffected. Taking the form of an elephant and a ghoul, he tired to scare Mah v ra in many ways but the Lord did not get agitated. Then the Yak a created frightening pain in the Lord's eyes, ears, nose, head, teeth, nails and his back, but Mah v ra showed no signs of response. Ultimately, accepting defeat, the Yak a fell at the Lord's feet and begged forgiveness and left. At the end of the night, the Yak a's calamities ended. In the Bhagavat
ataka 16, topic 6, there is reference to a dream on the last night the mendicancy period. Some part of the night remained when Mah v ra fell asleep for a short while and he saw the following ten dreams:
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He struck a tree demon with his hands A white cuckoo (Koyala) came to serve He saw a strange coloured cuckoo in front of him He saw two brilliantly-lit gem garlands He saw herd of white cattle standing beside him He saw a pond with lotus blossoms He saw himself swimming across the ocean using his arms He saw a Sun with thousand rays lighting up the world He saw his beryl-like entrails from hisintestines enveloping the M nu ottara mountain He saw himself ascending the Mer
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The Lord woke up the moment he saw the dreams. The Lord was standing in meditation when through the brightness of the daybreak he had fallen asleep for a moment. During his mendicancy period this was the first and last time that he fell asleep.
The Interpretation of the dreams
A soothsayer named Utpala lived in that village. He was a rama a from the first P r van tha tradition but on some account, had given up mendicancy. When he heard about Mah v ra staying at the Yak a's shrine, his heart skipped a beat, expecting some catastrophe. When he saw the Lord in meditation there, he was very happy. He expressed the following thoughts to the Lord about the dreams of the night before
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