Atīte pana kassapo kira bodhisatto aṭṭha asaṅkhyeyyāni kappasatasahassañca pāramiyo pūretvā bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadattassa brāhmaṇassa dhanavatī nāma brāhmaṇī, tassā kucchimhi paṭisandhiṃ aggahesi. Aggasāvakopi taṃdivasameva
@4 cha.Ma. avañcassa 5 cha.Ma. taṃ divasaṃyeva Devalokā cavitvā anupurohitabrāhmaṇassa pajāpatiyā kucchimhi nibbatti. Evaṃ tesaṃ ekadivasameva paṭisandhiggahaṇañca gabbhavuṭṭhānañca ahosi, ekadivasaṃyeva etesaṃ ekassa kassapo, ekassa tissoti nāmaṃ akaṃsu. Te sahapaṃsukīḷanakā dve sahāyakā anupubbena vuḍḍhiṃ agamaṃsu. Tissassa pitā puttaṃ āṇāpesi "ayaṃ tāta kassapo nikkhamma pabbajitvā buddho bhavissati, tavampissa santike pabbajitvā bhavanissaraṇaṃ kareyyāsī"ti. So "sādhū"ti paṭissuṇitvā bodhisattassa santikaṃ gantvā "ubhopi samma pabbajissāmā"ti āha, bodhisatto "sādhū"ti paṭissuṇi. Tato vuḍḍhiṃ anuppattakālepi tisso bodhisattaṃ āha "ehi samma pabbajissāmā"ti, bodhisatto na nikkhami. Tisso "na tāvassa ñāṇaṃ paripākaṃ gatan"ti sayaṃ nikkhamma isipabbajjaṃ pabbajitvā araññe pabbatapāde assamaṃ kārāpetvā vasati. Bodhisattopi aparena samayena ghare ṭhitoyeva ānāpānassatiṃ pariggahetvā cattāri jhānāni abhiññāyo ca uppādetvā pāsādena bodhimaṇḍasamīpaṃ gantvā "puna pāsādo yathāṭṭhāneyeva patiṭṭhātū"ti adhiṭṭhāsi, so sakaṭṭhāneyeva patiṭṭhāsi. Apabbajitena kira bodhimaṇḍaṃ upagantuṃ na sakkāti so pabbajitvā bodhimaṇḍaṃ patvā nisīditvā satta divase padhānayogaṃ katvā sattahi divasehi sammāsambodhiṃ sacchākāsi.
Tadā isipatane vīsatisahassā pabbajitā paṭivasanti. Atha kassapo bhagavā te āmantetvā dhammacakkaṃ pavattesi, suttapariyosāneyeva sabbeva arahanto ahesuṃ, so sudaṃ bhagavā vīsatibhikkhusahassaparivuto tattheva isipatane vasati, kiṃki ca naṃ kāsikarājā catūhi paccayehi upaṭṭhāti. Athekadivasaṃ bārāṇasivāsī eko puriso pabbate candanasārādīni gavesanto tissassa tāpasassa assamaṃ patvā taṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi.