Kathaṃ tathā gatoti tathāgato? yā sā bhagavato abhijāti abhisambodhi dhammavinayapaññāpanā anupādisesanibbānadhātu, sā tathā. Kiṃ vuttaṃ hoti? yadatthaṃ lokanāthena abhisambodhi patthitā pavattitā ca, tadatthassa ekantasiddhiyā avisaṃvādanato aviparītatthavuttiyā tathā avitathā anaññathā. Tathā hi ayaṃ bhagavā bodhisattabhūto samatiṃsapāramiparipūraṇādikaṃ vuttappabhedaṃ sabbaṃ buddhattahetuṃ sampādetvā tusitapure ṭhitova buddhakolāhalaṃ sutvā dasasahassacakkavāḷadevatāhi ekato sannipatitāhi upasaṅkamitvā:-
"kāloyaṃ te mahāvīra uppajja mātukucchiyaṃ
sadevakaṃ tārayanto bujjhassu amataṃ padan"ti āyācito uppannapubbanimitto pañca mahāvilokanāni viloketvā "idānāhaṃ manussayoniyaṃ uppajjitvā abhisambujjhissāmī"ti āsāḷhipuṇṇamāya sakyarājakule mahāmāyāya deviyā kucchimhi paṭisandhiṃ gahetvā dasa māse devamanussehi mahatā parihārena parihariyamāno visākhapuṇṇamāya paccūsasamaye abhijātiṃ pāpuṇi.