[137] Maraṇavadhabhayamattano viditvā paṭivirato paraṃ maraṇāya ahosi tena so sucaritena saggamagamāsi sukataphalavipākamanubhosi. Caviya punaridhāgato samāno paṭilabhati idha tīṇi lakkhaṇāni bhavati vipuladīghapāsuṇiko brahmāva sujju subho sujātagatto. Subhujo susū susaṇṭhito sujāto mudutalunaṅguliyassa honti dīghā tībhi purisalakkhaṇebhi cirayāpanāya kumāramādisanti. Bhavati yadi gihī ciraṃ yapeti cirataraṃ pabbajati yadi tato hi Yāpayati [1]- vasiddhibhāvanāya iti dīghāyukatāya tannimittanti.

[138] Yaṃpi bhikkhave tathāgato purimaṃ jātiṃ purimaṃ bhavaṃ purimaṃ niketaṃ pubbe manussabhūto samāno dātā ahosi paṇītānaṃ rasitānaṃ khādanīyānaṃ bhojanīyānaṃ sāyanīyānaṃ lehanīyānaṃ pānānaṃ . so tassa kammassa katattā upacitattā .pe. kāyassa bhedā paraṃ maraṇā sugatiṃ saggaṃ lokaṃ upapajjati .pe. so tato cuto itthattaṃ āgato samāno imaṃ mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṃ paṭilabhati sattassa ussadā honti ubhosu hatthesu ussadā honti ubhosu pādesu ussadā honti ubhosu aṃsakūṭesu ussadā honti khandhe ussadā honti . {138.1} So tena lakkhaṇena samannāgato sace agāraṃ ajjhāvasati rājā hoti cakkavatti .pe. rājā samāno kiṃ labhati lābhī hoti paṇītānaṃ rasitānaṃ khādanīyānaṃ bhojanīyānaṃ sāyanīyānaṃ lehanīyānaṃ pānānaṃ rājā samāno idaṃ labhati .pe. buddho samāno kiṃ labhati lābhī hoti paṇītānaṃ rasitānaṃ khādanīyānaṃ bhojanīyānaṃ sāyanīyānaṃ lehanīyānaṃ pānānaṃ buddho samāno idaṃ labhati . etamatthaṃ bhagavā avoca. Tatthetaṃ vuccati

[139] Khajjabhojanaṃ atha lehasāyitaṃ uttamaggarasadāyako ahu tena so sucaritena kammunā nandavane ciramabhippamodati. Satta cussade idhādhigacchati hatthapādamudutalañca vindati āhu byañjananimittakovidā khajjabhojanarasalābhitāya . Na taṃ gihissapi tadatthajotakaṃ pabbajjaṃpi ca tadādhigacchati khajjabhojanassa lābhiruttamaṃ āhu sabbagihibandhanacchidanti.