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Mah ataka was a dear r vaka of the Lord. He learnt of Mah ataka's mental state and asked Gautama to go to Mah ataka's fasting hall and tell him his behaviour with Revat was not right; hence, he must repent. As per the Lord's instructions, Mah ataka repented and purified himself. The Lord's disciples and Ga adharas Agnibh ti and V yubh ti attained nirva with a fast unto death (sam dhi). This year, the Lord was spent c turm sa at R jag ha.
The 30th Year as Keval
After the c turm sa, too, the Lord stayed back at R jag ha for sometime. At that time, his ga adharas, Avyakta, Mamdita and Akampita attained nirva after month-long fasts each at Gu a la garden. Leaving R jag ha, the Lord arrived at the hall of scribes of king Hastip la at P v pur . The gathering immediately became a samava ara a. Addresing a huge gathering of people, the Lord said that life is dear to all living beings and so is happy and sweet behaviour. On the contrary, nobody likes death, sorrow and rude behaviour. A person should behave with others just as he would like others to behave with him. This is the basic idea of humanity and the foundation of religion. After the crowd left, king Pu yap la told the Lord "Lord, in the last moments of yesterday night I saw eight things in the form of an elephant, money, k rataru, a crow, lion, lotus, seed and pitcher. I am afraid if this deam is an ominous sign of an inauspicious event.”
Lord Mah v ra told king Pu yap la “Oh king, this dream indicates the future. Elephant in the dream indicates that in future even wise rama a adherents will live like an elephant in rut moment of wealthy, prosperous householder's life. Even in the most frightening difficult situations, they will not think of renouncing. Those who will take the path of restraint giving up their homes will also give up restraint or will not practise restraint well under influence of bad company. There will be very few who will follow with firmness the path of restraint."
“Seeing a monkey in the dream indicates that in future even great leaders of the congregation will be fickle in nature; they will be less courageous and will be negligent. They will not only disregard religion but also dishonour it. The few and far-between people who will behave righteously and observe the vowswill be laughed at.”
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