Sopi yāvajīvaṃ kusalaṃ katvā devamanussesu saṃsaranto parinibbute kassapadasabale anuppanne amhākaṃ bhagavati bārāṇasiyaṃ kulagehe nibbattitvā viññutaṃ patto gaṅgātīre paṇṇasālaṃ karitvā ekaṃ paccekabuddhaṃ temāsaṃ catūhi paccayehi sakkaccaṃ upaṭṭhahi. Paccekabuddho vuṭṭhavasso paripuṇṇaparikkhāro gandhamādanameva gato. Sopi kulaputto yāvajīvaṃ tattha puññāni katvā tato cavitvā devamanussesu saṃsaranto amhākaṃ bhagavato kāle campānagare usabhaseṭṭhissa gehe paṭisandhiṃ gaṇhi. Tassa paṭisandhiggahaṇato paṭṭhāya seṭṭhissa mahābhogakkhandho abhivaḍḍhi. Tassa jātadivase
Mahatā parivārena vaḍḍhati, tassa hatthapādatalāni bandhujīvakapupphavaṇṇāni ahesuṃ, satavihatakappāsassa viya samphasso pādatalesu maṇikuṇḍalā- vaṭṭavaṇṇāni lomāni jāyiṃsu. Vayappattassa tassa tiṇṇaṃ utūnaṃ anucchavike tayo pāsāde kāretvā nāṭakāni upaṭṭhāpesuṃ. So tattha mahatiṃ sampattiṃ anubhavanto devakumāro viya paṭivasati.
Atha amhākaṃ satthari sabbaññutaṃ patvā pavattitavaradhammacakke rājagahaṃ upanissāya viharante bimbisāraraññā pakkosāpito asītiyā gāmikasahassehi saddhiṃ rājagahaṃ āgato satthu santikaṃ gantvā dhammaṃ sutvā paṭiladdhasaddho mātāpitaro anujānāpetvā sāsane pabbajitvā laddhūpasampado satthu santike kammaṭṭhānaṃ gahetvā janasaṃsaggapariharaṇatthaṃ sītavane vasanto "mama sarīraṃ sukhumālaṃ, na ca sakkā sukheneva sukhaṃ adhigantuṃ, kāyaṃ kilametvā samaṇadhammaṃ kātuṃ vaṭṭatī"ti ṭhānacaṅkamameva adhiṭṭhāya padhānamanuyuñjanto pādatalesu phoṭesu uṭṭhahitesupi vedanaṃ ajjhupekkhitvā daḷhaṃ viriyaṃ karonto accāraddhaviriyatāya visesaṃ nibbattetuṃ asakkonto "evaṃ vāyamantopi ahaṃ maggaṃ vā phalaṃ vā nibbattetuṃ na sakkomi, kiṃ me pabbajjāya, hīnāyāvattitvā bhoge ca bhuñjissāmi puññāni ca karissāmī"ti cintesi. Satthā tassa cittācāraṃ ñatvā tattha gantvā vīṇūpamovādena ovaditvā viriyasamatāyojanavidhiṃ dassento kammaṭṭhānaṃ sodhetvā gijjhakūṭaṃ gato. Soṇattheropi satthu sammukhā ovādaṃ labhitvā viriyasamataṃ yojetvā vipassanaṃ ussukkāpetvā arahatte patiṭṭhāsi. Tena vuttaṃ apadāne 2-:-