When he had ended this lesson to shew that the Buddha was unmatched in the past as then, he shewed the connexion by uttering, as Buddha, this stanza:--

[196] With heavy loads to carry, with bad roads,
They harness 'Blackie'; he soon draws the load.

After his lesson to shew that only 'Blackie' could draw the load, he shewed the connexion, and identified the Birth by saying, "Uppala-Vanna was the old woman of those days, and I myself 'Granny's Blackie.'"

Footnotes

^73:1 No. 483.

^73:2 The festival at the end of the rainy season (Mahavagga IV. 1).

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