So tasmiṃ buddhuppāde vassasatasahassaṃ puññāni katvā tato parampi tattha tattha bhave uḷārāni puññakammāni upacinitvā devamanussesu saṃsaranto kassapabhagavato kāle kulagehe nibbatto viññutaṃ patvā ekassa therassa piṇḍāya carato pattaggahaṇatthaṃ uttarasāṭakaṃ katvā pūjaṃ akāsi, puna sagge nibbattitvā tato cuto bārāṇasirājā hutvā aṭṭha paccekabuddhe disvā te bhojetvā attano maṅgaluyyāne aṭṭha paṇṇasālāyo kāretvā tesaṃ nisīdanatthāya aṭṭha sabbaratanamayapīṭhe ceva maṇiādhārake ca paṭiyādetvā dasavassasahassāni upaṭṭhānaṃ akāsi, etāni pākaṭāni.

Kappasatasahassaṃ pana tattha tattha bhave puññāni upacinanto amhākaṃ bodhisattena saddhiṃ tusitapure nibbattitvā tato cuto amitodanasakkassa gehe nibbattitvā sabbe ñātake ānandite karonto jātoti ānandotveva nāmaṃ labhi. So anukkamena vayappatto katābhinikkhamane sammāsambodhiṃ patvā Pavattitavaradhammacakke paṭhamaṃ kapilavatthuṃ gantvā tato nikkhamante bhagavati tassa parivāratthaṃ pabbajituṃ nikkhamantehi bhaddiyādīhi saddhiṃ nikkhamitvā bhagavato santike pabbajitvā āyasmato puṇṇassa mantāniputtassa santike dhammakathaṃ sutvā sotāpatiphale patiṭṭhahi.

Tena ca samayena bhagavato paṭhamabodhiyaṃ vīsativassāni anibaddhā upaṭṭhākā ahesuṃ. Ekadā nāgasamālo pattacīvaraṃ gahetvā vicarati, ekadā nāgito, ekadā upavāno, ekadā sunakkhatto, ekadā cundo samaṇuddeso, ekadā sāgato, ekadā meghiyo, te yebhuyyena satthu cittaṃ nārādhayiṃsu. Athekadivasaṃ bhagavā gandhakuṭipariveṇe paññattavarabuddhāsane bhikkhusaṃghaparivuto nisinno bhikkhū āmantesi "ahaṃ bhikkhave idāni mahallako ekacce bhikkhū `iminā maggena gacchāmī'ti vutte aññena maggena gacchanti, ekacce mayhaṃ pattacīvaraṃ bhūmiyaṃ nikkhipanti, mayhaṃ nibaddhupaṭṭhākaṃ ekaṃ bhikkhuṃ vijānathā"ti. Taṃ sutvā bhikkhūnaṃ dhammasaṃvego udapādi. Athāyasmā sāriputto uṭṭhāya bhagavantaṃ vanditvā "ahaṃ bhante tumhe upaṭṭhahissāmī"ti āha. Taṃ bhagavā paṭikkhipi. Etenupāyena mahāmoggallānaṃ ādiṃ katvā sabbe mahāsāvakā "ahaṃ upaṭṭhahissāmi, ahaṃ upaṭṭhahissāmī"ti uṭṭhahiṃsu ṭhapetvā āyasmantaṃ ānandaṃ. Tepi bhagavā paṭikkhipi.