Atha bhagavā cintesi "mayi gate chattamāṇavo maṃ vandituṃ āgamissati, āgatañca taṃ katakammaṃ kathāpento kammaphalaṃ paccakkhaṃ kāretvā dhammaṃ desessāmi, evaṃ mahājanassa dhammābhisamayo bhavissatī"ti. Cintetvā mahatā bhikkhusaṃghena saddhiṃ taṃ padesaṃ upagantvā aññatarasmiṃ rukkhamūle nisīdi chabbaṇṇabuddharaṃsiyo vissajjento. Atha chattamāṇavadevaputtopi attano sampattiṃ paccavekkhitvā tassā kāraṇaṃ upadhārento saraṇagamanañca sīlasamādānañca disvā vimhayajāto bhagavati sañjātapasādabahumāno "idānevāhaṃ gantvā bhagavantañca bhikkhusaṃghañca vandissāmi, ratanattayaguṇe ca mahājanassa pākaṭe karissāmī"ti kataññutaṃ nissāya sakalaṃ taṃ araññapadesaṃ ekālokaṃ karonto saha vimānena āgantvā vimānato oruyha mahatā parivārena saddhiṃ dissamānarūpo upasaṅkamitvā bhagavato pādesu sirasā nipatanto abhivādetvā añjaliṃ paggayha aṭṭhāsi. Taṃ disvā mahājano "ko nu kho ayaṃ devo vā brahmā vā"ti acchariyabbhutajāto upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ parivāresi. Bhagavā tena katapuññakammaṃ pākaṭaṃ kātuṃ:-

[889] "na tathā tapati nabhasmiṃ sūriyo

cando ca na bhāsati na phusso