Tassa aparabhāge ekaṃ asaṅkhyeyyaṃ atikkamitvā ekasmiṃ kappeyeva cattāro buddhā nibbattiṃsu maṅgalo sumano revato sobhitoti. Maṅgalassa bhagavato tīsu sāvakasannipātesu paṭhamasannipāte koṭisatasahassaṃ bhikkhū ahesuṃ, dutiye koṭisatasahassaṃ, tatiye navutikoṭiyo. Vemātikabhātā kirassa ānandakumāro nāma navutikoṭisaṅkhāya parisāya saddhiṃ dhammassavanatthāya satthu santikaṃ agamāsi. Satthā tassa anupubbikathaṃ kathesi, so saddhiṃ parisāya saha paṭisambhidāhi arahattaṃ pāpuṇi. Satthā tesaṃ kulaputtānaṃ pubbacaritaṃ olokento iddhimayapattacīvarassa upanissayaṃ disvā dakkhiṇahatthaṃ pasāretvā "etha bhikkhavo"ti āha. Sabbe
Taṃkhaṇaññeva iddhimayapattacīvaradharā saṭṭhivassikattherā viya ākappasampannā hutvā satthāraṃ vanditvā parivārayiṃsu. Ayamassa tatiyo sāvakasannipāto ahosi.
Yathā pana aññesaṃ buddhānaṃ samantā asītihatthappamāṇāyeva sarīrappabhā ahosi, na evaṃ tassa. Tassa pana bhagavato sarīrappabhā niccakālaṃ dasasahassilokadhātuṃ pharitvā aṭṭhāsi. Rukkhapaṭhavīpabbatasamuddādayo antamaso ukkhaliyādīni upādāya suvaṇṇapaṭṭapariyonaddhā viya ahesuṃ. Āyuppamāṇaṃ panassa navutivassasahassāni ahosi. Ettakaṃ kālaṃ candimasūriyādayo attano pabhāya virocituṃ nāsakkhiṃsu, rattindivaparicchedo na paññāyittha. Divā sūriyālokena viya sattā niccaṃ buddhālokeneva vicariṃsu. Sāyaṃ pupphitakusumānaṃ pāto ca ravanakasakuṇādīnañca vasena loko rattindivaparicchedaṃ sallakkhesi.
Kiṃ pana aññesaṃ buddhānaṃ ayamānubhāvo natthīti? no natthi. Tepi hi Ākaṅkhamānā dasasahassilokadhātuṃ vā tato vā bhiyyo ābhāya phareyyuṃ. Maṅgalassa pana bhagavato pubbapatthanāvasena aññesaṃ byāmappabhā viya sarīrappabhā niccameva dasasahassilokadhātuṃ pharitvā aṭṭhāsi. So kira bodhisattacariyacaraṇakāle vessantarasadise attabhāve ṭhito saputtadāro vaṅkapabbatasadise pabbate vasi. Atheko kharadāṭhiko nāma yakkho mahāpurisassa dānajjhāsayataṃ sutvā brāhmaṇavaṇṇena upasaṅkamitvā mahāsattaṃ dve dārake yāci. Mahāsatto "dadāmi brāhmaṇa puttake"ti vatvā haṭṭhapahaṭṭho udakapariyantaṃ mahāpaṭhaviṃ kampento dvepi dārake adāsi. Yakkho caṅkamanakoṭiyaṃ ālambanaphalakaṃ nissāya ṭhatvā passantasseva mahāsattassa mulālakalāpaṃ viya dārake khādi. Mahāpurisassa yakkhaṃ oloketvā mukhe vivaṭamatte aggijālaṃ viya lohitadhāraṃ uggiramānaṃ tassa mukhaṃ disvāpi kesaggamattampi domanassaṃ na uppajji. "sudinnaṃ vata me dānan"ti cintayato panassa sarīre mahantaṃ pītisomanassaṃ udapādi. So "imassa me dānassa nissandena anāgate imināva nīhārena sarīrato rasmiyo nikkhamantū"ti