[158] Yaṃpi bhikkhave tathāgato purimaṃ jātiṃ purimaṃ bhavaṃ purimaṃ niketaṃ pubbe manussabhūto samāno na ca visaṭaṃ na ca visāvi na ca pana vidheyyapekkhitā uju tathā pasaṭamujumano hutvā ujupekkhitā ahosi piyacakkhunā bahujanaṃ udakkhitā ahosi. So tassa kammassa katattā upacittatā .pe. so tato cuto itthattaṃ āgato samāno imāni dve mahāpurisalakkhaṇāni paṭilabhati abhinīlanetto Ca hoti gopakhumo ca. {158.1} So tehi lakkhaṇehi samannāgato sace agāraṃ ajjhāvasati rājā hoti cakkavatti .pe. rājā samāno kiṃ labhati piyadassano hoti bahuno janassa piyo hoti manāpo brāhmaṇagahapatikānaṃ negamajānapadānaṃ gaṇakamahāmattānaṃ anīkaṭṭhānaṃ dovārikānaṃ amaccānaṃ pārisajjānaṃ rājūnaṃ bhogikānaṃ kumārānaṃ rājā samāno idaṃ labhati .pe. Buddho samāno kiṃ labhati piyadassano hoti bahuno janassa piyo hoti manāpo ca bhikkhūnaṃ bhikkhunīnaṃ upāsakānaṃ upāsikānaṃ devānaṃ manussānaṃ asurānaṃ nāgānaṃ gandhabbānaṃ buddho samāno idaṃ labhati . etamatthaṃ bhagavā avoca . Tatthetaṃ vuccati

[159] Na ca visaṭaṃ na ca visāvi na ca pana vidheyyapekkhitā uju tathā pasaṭamujumano piyacakkhunā bahujanaṃ udakkhitā. Sugatisu so phalavipākaṃ anubhavati tattha modati idha ca bhavati gopakhumo abhinīlanettanayano sudassano. Abhiyogino ca nipuṇā bahupadanimittakovidā gopakhumanayanakusalā manujā Piyadassanoti abhinandasanti naṃ. Piyadassano gihī santo ca bhavati bahujanapiyāyako yadi pana bhavati gihi samaṇo hoti piyo bahūnaṃ sokanāsanoti.