The Bodhisatta was once an ascetic and, at the moment of his death, answered his disciples’ inquiries with the words “moonlight and sunlight.” When his chief pupil (identified with Sāriputta) interpreted the words, his colleagues did not believe him until the Bodhisatta appeared in mid-
The Jātaka was taught about the interpretation of a problem by Sāriputta at the gates of Saṅkassa.