Sudassanādevippamukhānaṃ itthīnaṃ satasahassaṃ vīsati ca sahassāni ahesuṃ. "sutanū"tipi sudassanā vuccati. So aṭṭhavassasahassānaṃ accayena cattāri nimittāni disvā sutanudeviyā samavaṭṭakkhandhe nāma tanaye jāte ājaññarathena mahābhinikkhamanaṃ nikkhamitvā pabbaji. Taṃ purisānaṃ caturāsītisatasahassāni anupabbajiṃsu. So tehi parivuto mahāpuriso aṭṭhamāsaṃ padhānacariyaṃ caritvā visākhapuṇṇamāya sudassanaseṭṭhidhītāya dinnaṃ madhupāyāsaṃ paribhuñjitvā kusumasamalaṅkate sālavane divāvihāraṃ katvā sujātena nāma yavapālakena dinnā aṭṭha tiṇamuṭṭhiyo gahetvā pāṭalibodhiṃ samalaṅkataṃ disvā dakkhiṇadisābhāgena taṃ upāgami.

Tassā pana pāṭaliyā samavaṭṭakkhandho taṃ divasaṃ paṇṇāsaratano hutvā abbhuggato sākhā paṇṇāsaratanā ubbedhena ratanasataṃ ahosi. Taṃdivasameva sā pāṭalī kaṇṇikābaddhehi viya pupphehi paramasurabhigandhehi mūlato paṭṭhāya sabbasañchannā ahosi. Dibbagandho vāyati, na kevalaṃ tadā ayameva pupphito, Dasasahassi cakkavāḷesu sabbe pāṭaliyo pupphitāva. Na kevalaṃ pāṭaliyova, dasasahassicakkavāḷesu sabbarukkhagumbalatāyopi pupphiṃsu. Mahāsamuddopi pañcavaṇṇehi padumehi kuvalayuppalakumudehi sañchanno sītalamadhurasalilo ahosi. Sabbampi ca dasasahassi cakkavāḷagabbhantaraṃ dhajamālākulaṃ ahosi. Tattha paṭimālāgulavippakiṇṇaṃ nānāsurabhikusumasajjitadharaṇītalaṃ dhūpacuṇṇandhakāraṃ ahosi. Taṃ upagantvā tepaṇṇāsahatthavitthataṃ tiṇasantharaṃ santharitvā caturaṅgasamannāgataṃ vīriyaṃ adhiṭṭhāya "yāva buddho na homi, tāva ito na uṭṭhahāmī"ti paṭiññaṃ katvā nisīdi. Evaṃ nisīditvā samāraṃ mārabalaṃ vidhamitvā maggānukkamena cattāri maggañāṇāni maggānantaraṃ cattāri phalañāṇāni catasso paṭisambhidā catuyoniparicchedakañāṇaṃ pañcagatiparicchedakañāṇaṃ catuvesārajjañāṇāni cha asādhāraṇañāṇāni ca sakale ca buddhaguṇe hatthagate katvā paripuṇṇasaṅkappo bodhipallaṅke nisinnova:-