Tato cavitvā puna manussalokaṃ āgacchantī ekasmiṃ gāmake sahatthā kammaṃ katvā jīvanakaṭṭhāne nibbattā. Sā ekadivasaṃ khettakuṭiṃ gacchantī antarāmagge ekasmiṃ sare pātova pupphitaṃ padumapupphaṃ disvā taṃ saraṃ oruyha tameva pupphaṃ ca lājapakkhipanatthāya paduminipattaṃ ca gahetvā kedāre sālisīsāni chinditvā kuṭikāya nisinnā lāje bhajjitvā pañca lājasatāni katvā ṭhapesi. Tasmiṃ khaṇe ganadhamādanapabbate nirodhasamāpattito vuṭṭhito eko paccekabuddho āgantvā tassā avidūre ṭhāne aṭṭhāsi. Sā paccekabuddhaṃ disvā lājehi saddhiṃ padumapupphaṃ gahetvā kuṭito oruyha lāje paccekabuddhassa patte pakkhipitvā padumapupphena pattaṃ pidhāya adāsi. Athassā paccekabuddhe thokaṃ gate etadahosi "pabbajitā nāma pupphena anatthikā, ahaṃ pupphaṃ gahetvā pilandissāmī"ti gantvā paccekabuddhassa hatthato pupphaṃ gahetvā puna cintesi "sace ayyo pupphena anatthiko abhavissa, pattamatthake Ṭhapetuṃ nādassa, addhā ayyassa attho bhavissatī"ti puna gantvā pattamatthake pupphaṃ ṭhapetvā paccekabuddhaṃ khamāpetvā "bhante imesaṃ me lājānaṃ nissandena lājagaṇanāya mama putto assu, padumapupphanissandena nibbattanibbattaṭṭhāne pade pade padumapupphaṃ uṭṭhahatū"ti patthanaṃ akāsi. Paccekabuddho tassā passantiyāva ākāsena gandhamādanapabbataṃ gantvā taṃ padumaṃ nandamūlakapabbhāre paccekabuddhānaṃ akkamanasopānasamīpe pādapuñchanaṃ katvā ṭhapesi.
Sāpi tassa kammassa nissandena devaloke paṭisandhiṃ gaṇhi, nibbattakālato paṭṭhāya tassā pade pade mahāpadumapupphaṃ uṭṭhāsi. Sā tato cavitvā pabbatapāde ekasmiṃ padumasare padumagabbhe nibbatti. Taṃ nissāya eko tāpaso vasati, so pātova mukhadhovanatthāya saraṃ gantvā taṃ pupphaṃ disvā cintesi "idaṃ pupphaṃ sesehi mahantataraṃ, sesāni ca pupphitāni, idaṃ makulitameva, bhavitabbamettha kāraṇenā"ti udakaṃ otaritvā taṃ pupphaṃ gaṇhi. Taṃ tena gahitamattameva pupphitaṃ. Tāpaso anto- padumagabbhe nipannadārikaṃ addasa. Diṭṭhakālato paṭṭhāya ca dhītusinehaṃ labhitvā padumeneva saddhiṃ paṇṇasālaṃ netvā mañcake nipajjāpesi. Athassā puññānubhāvena aṅguṭṭhake khīraṃ nibbatti. So tasmiṃ pupphe milāte aññaṃ navaṃ pupphaṃ āharitvā taṃ nipajjāpesi. Athassā ādhāvanavidhāvanena kīḷituṃ samatthakālato paṭṭhāya padavāre padavāre padumapupphaṃ uṭṭhāti, kuṅkumarāsissa viya tassā sarīravaṇṇo hoti. Sā apattā devavaṇṇaṃ, atikkantā mānusavaṇṇaṃ ahosi. Sā pitari phalāphalatthāya gate paṇṇasālāyaṃ ohiyati.