According to this narrative, shortly after the birth of young prince Gautama, an astrologer named Asita visited the young prince's father, Suddhodana, and prophesied that Siddhartha would either become a great king or renounce the material world to become a holy man, depending on whether he saw what life was like outside the palace walls.
অসিতার মতে, কিভাবে সিদ্ধার্থ জীবনের কোন পথ বেছে নেবেন?
depending on whether he saw what life was like outside the palace walls