Anubhavitvā kassapassa bhagavato sāsane pabbajitvā samaṇadhammaṃ katvā etthantare devamanussesu saṃsaranto imasmiṃ buddhuppāde ekasmiṃ vibhavasampanne kule nibbattitvā viññutaṃ patto satthu dhammadesanaṃ sutvā paṭiladdhasaddho pabbajitvā laddhūpasampado kammaṭṭhānaṃ gahetvā ghaṭento vāyamanto nacirasseva arahattaṃ pāpuṇi.
[1] Evaṃ pattaarahattaphalo attano pubbakammaṃ saritvā somanassaṃ uppādetvā pubbacaritāpadānaṃ pakāsento nibbute lokanāthamhītiādimāha. Tattha lokassa nātho padhānoti lokanātho, lokattayasāmīti attho. Lokanāthe siddhatthamhi nibbuteti sambandho. Vitthārite pāvacaneti pāvacane piṭakattaye vitthārite patthaṭe pākaṭeti attho. Bāhujaññamhi sāsaneti sikkhattayasaṅgahite buddhasāsane anekasatasahassakoṭikhīṇāsavasaṅkhātehi bahujanehi ñāte adhigateti attho.
[2-3] Pasannacitto sumanoti tadā ahaṃ buddhassa dharamānakāle asampatto nibbute tasmiṃ devalokā cavitvā manussalokaṃ upapanno tassa bhagavato sārīrikadhātucetiyaṃ disvā pasannacitto saddhāsampayuttamano sundaramano "aho mamāgamanaṃ svāgamanan"ti sañjātapasādabahumāno "mayā nibbānādhigamāya ekaṃ puññaṃ kātuṃ vaṭṭatī"ti cintetvā bhagavato cetiyasamīpe bhagavantaṃ uddissa hiraññasuvaṇṇaratanādīhi alaṅkaritvāva sīhāsanaṃ akāsi. Tatra nisinnassa pādaṭṭhapanatthāya pādapīṭhañca kāresi. Sīhāsanassa atemanatthāya tassupari gharañca kāresi. Tena vuttaṃ "sīhāsanamakāsahaṃ .pe. Gharaṃ tattha akāsahan"ti. Tena cittappasādenāti dharamānassa viya bhagavato sīhāsanaṃ mayā kataṃ, tena cittappasādena. Tusitaṃ upapajjahanti tusitabhavane upapajjinti attho.