Atha mahāpuriso "ahaṃ ajja mahābhinikkhamanaṃ nikkhamitukāmo, na kañci paṭiveditvā sīghamekaṃ atijavaṃ sindhavaṃ kappehī"ti so "sādhu devā"ti assabhaṇḍakaṃ gahetvā assasālaṃ gantvā gandhatelappadīpesu jalantesu sumanapaṭṭavitānassa heṭṭhā paramaramaṇīye bhūmibhāge ṭhitaṃ arimanthakaṃ kaṇṭhakaṃ turaṅgavaraṃ disvā "ajja mayā ayyaputtassa nikkhamanatthāya imameva maṅgalahayaṃ kappetuṃ vaṭṭatī"ti kaṇṭhakaṃ kappesi. So kappiyamānova aññāsi "ayaṃ kappanā atigāḷhā, aññesu divasesu uyyānakīḷaṃ gamanakāle kappanā viya na hoti. Nissaṃsayaṃ ajjeva ayyaputto mahābhinikkhamanaṃ nikkhamissatī"ti. Tato tuṭṭhamānaso mahāhasitaṃ hasi. So nādo taṃ sakalakapilavatthupuraṃ unnādaṃ kareyya, devatā pana sannirumbhitvā na kassaci sotuṃ adaṃsu.
Bodhisatto "puttaṃ tāva passissāmī"ti cintetvā ṭhitaṭṭhānato uṭṭhāya rāhulamātuyā vasanaṭṭhānaṃ gantvā gabbhadvāraṃ vivari. Tasmiṃ khaṇe antogabbhe gandhatelappadīpo jhāyati. Rāhulamātā sumanamallikādīnaṃ ambaṇamattena abhippakiṇṇe varasayane puttassa matthake hatthaṃ ṭhapetvā niddāyati. Bodhisatto ummāre pādaṃ ṭhapetvā ṭhitakova oloketvā "sacāhaṃ deviyā hatthaṃ apanetvā mama puttaṃ gaṇhissāmi, devī pabujjhissati, evaṃ me abhinikkhamanassa antarāyo bhavissati. Buddho hutvāva āgantvā puttaṃ passissāmī"ti cintetvā pāsādatalato otaritvā assassa samīpaṃ gantvā evamāha "tāta kaṇṭhaka tvaṃ ajja ekarattiṃ maṃ tāraya, ahaṃ taṃ nissāya buddho hutvā sadevakaṃ lokaṃ tāressāmī"ti. Tato ullaṅghitvā kaṇṭhakassa piṭṭhiṃ abhiruhi. Kaṇṭhako gīvato paṭṭhāya āyāmato aṭṭhārasahattho hoti tadanurūpena ubbedhena samannāgato rūpaggajavabalasampanno
Tato bodhisatto varaturaṅgapiṭṭhigato channaṃ assassa vāladhiṃ gāhāpetvā aḍḍharattasamaye nagarassa mahādvāraṃ sampatto.