Atha sākiyā attano dhītaro alaṅkaritvā pesayiṃsu. Cattālīsasahassā nāṭakitthiyo ahesuṃ. Rāhulamātā pana devī aggamahesī ahosi. Mahāpuriso devakumāro viya surayuvatīhi parivuto narayuvatīhi parivuto nippurisehi turiyehi paricāriyamāno mahāsampattiṃ anubhavamāno utuvārena utuvārena tesu tīsu pāsādesu viharati. Athekadivasaṃ bodhisatto uyyānabhūmiṃ gantukāmo sārathiṃ āmantetvā "rathaṃ yojehi uyyānabhūmiṃ passissāmī"ti āha. So "sādhū"ti paṭissuṇitvā mahārahaṃ vararucirathirakubbaravarattaṃ thirataraneminābhiṃ varakanakarajatamaṇiratanakhacitaīsāmukhaṃ navakanakarajata- tārakakhacitanemipassaṃ samosaritavividhasurabhikusumadāmasassirikaṃ ravirathasadisadassanīyaṃ vararathaṃ samalaṅkaritvā sasikumudasadisavaṇṇe anilagaruḷajave ājānīye cattāro maṅgalasindhave yojetvā bodhisattassa paṭivedesi. Bodhisatto devavimānasadisaṃ taṃ rathavaramāruyha uyyānābhimukho pāyāsi.
Atha devatā "siddhatthakumārassa abhisambujjhanakālo āsanno, pubbanimittamassa dassessāmā"ti ekaṃ devaputtaṃ jarājajjarasarīraṃ khaṇḍadantaṃ palitakesaṃ vaṅkagattaṃ daṇḍahatthaṃ pavedhamānaṃ katvā dassesuṃ. Taṃ bodhisatto ceva sārathi ca passanti. Tato bodhisatto "sārathi konāmesa puriso kesāpissa na yathā aññesan"ti mahāpadānasutte āgatanayeneva pucchitvā tassa vacanaṃ sutvā "dhiratthu vata bho jāti, yatra hi nāma jātassa jarā paññāyissatī"ti saṃviggahadayo tatova paṭinivattitvā pāsādameva abhiruhi.
Rājā "kiṃ kāraṇā mama putto paṭinivattī"ti pucchi. "jiṇṇapurisaṃ disvā devā"ti. Tato kampamānamānaso rājā aḍḍhayojane ārakkhaṃ ṭhapesi. Punekadivasaṃ bodhisatto uyyānaṃ gacchanto tāhi eva devatāhi nimmitaṃ byādhitañca purisaṃ
Rājā pucchitvā nāṭakāni vissajjesi. "pabbajjāya mānasaṃ assa bhinnaṃ karissan"ti ārakkhaṃ vaḍḍhetvā samantato tigāvutappamāṇe padese ārakkhaṃ ṭhapesi.