 He speaks to her with the intention of buying one of her flowers, but she recognises at once his potential and offers him five of the lotuses if he would promise that they would become husband and wife in all their next existences.In the thirteenth chapter of the "Lotus Sutra", Yaśodharā receives a prediction of future buddhahood from Gautama Buddha as does Mahapajapati.The meaning of the name Yaśodhara (Sanskrit) [from "yaśas" "glory, splendour" + "dhara" "bearing" from the verbal root "dhri" "to bear, support"] is "Bearer of glory".