Atha bodhisatto anupubbena cārikaṃ caramāno āḷārañca kālāmaṃ udakañca rāmaputtaṃ upasaṅkamitvā aṭṭha samāpattiyo nibbattetvā "nāyaṃ maggo bodhiyā"ti taṃ samāpattibhāvanaṃ analaṅkaritvā mahāpadhānaṃ padahitukāmo uruvelaṃ gantvā "ramaṇīyo vatāyaṃ bhūmibhāgo"ti tattheva vāsaṃ upagantvā mahāpadhānaṃ padahi. Lakkhaṇapariggāhakabrāhmaṇānaṃ cattāro puttā koṇḍañño brāhmaṇo cāti ime pañca janā paṭhamaṃyeva pabbajitā gāmanigamarājadhānīsu bhikkhācariyaṃ carantā tattha bodhisattaṃ sampāpuṇiṃsu. Atha naṃ chabbassāni mahāpadhānaṃ padahantaṃ "idāni buddho bhavissati, idāni buddho bhavissatī"ti pariveṇasammajjanādikāya vattapaṭipattiyā upaṭṭhahamānā santikāvacarāvassa ahesuṃ. Bodhisattopi "koṭippattaṃ dukkaraṃ karissāmī"ti ekatilataṇḍulādīhi vītināmesi. Sabbasopi āhārupacchedaṃ akāsi. Devatāpi lomakūpehi dibbojaṃ upahārayamānā pakkhipiṃsu.
Athassa tāya nirāhāratāya paramakisabhāvappattakāyassa suvaṇṇavaṇṇo kāyo kāḷavaṇṇo ahosi, dvattiṃsa mahāpurisalakkhaṇāni paṭicchannāni ahesuṃ. Atha bodhisatto dukkarakārikāya antaṃ gantvā "nāyaṃ maggo bodhiyā"ti oḷārikaṃ āhāraṃ āhāretuṃ gāmanigamesu piṇḍāya caritvā āhāraṃ āhari. Athassa dvattiṃsa mahāpurisalakkhaṇāni pākatikāni ahesuṃ, kāyo suvaṇṇavaṇṇo ahosi. Atha pañcavaggiyā bhikkhū taṃ disvā "ayaṃ chabbassāni dukkarakārikaṃ
Atha mahāpuriso visākhapuṇṇamāya uruvelāyaṃ senānigame senākuṭumbikassa gehe nibbattā sujātā nāma dārikā ahosi. Tāya sampasādanajātāya dinnaṃ pakkhittadibbojaṃ madhupāyāsaṃ paribhuñjitvā suvaṇṇapātiṃ gahetvā nerañjarāya paṭisotaṃ khipitvā kāḷanāgarājaṃ supantaṃ bodhesi. Atha bodhisatto nerañjarātīre surabhikusumasamalaṅkate nīlobhāse manorame sālavane divāvihāraṃ katvā sāyanhasamaye devatāhi alaṅkatena maggena bodhirukkhābhimukho pāyāsi. Devanāgayakkhasiddhādayo dibbehi mālāgandhavilepanehi pūjayiṃsu. Tasmiṃ samaye sotthiyo nāma tiṇahārako tiṇaṃ ādāya paṭipathe āgacchanto mahāpurisassa ākāraṃ ñatvā aṭṭha tiṇamuṭṭhiyo adāsi. Bodhisatto tiṇaṃ gahetvā asitañjanagirisaṅkāsaṃ ācarantamiva dinakarajālaṃ sakahadayamiva karuṇāsītalaṃ sītacchāyaṃ vividhavihagagaṇasampātavirahitaṃ mandamāruteritāya ghanasākhāya samalaṅkataṃ naccantamiva pītiyā rañjamānamiva ca tarugaṇānaṃ virocamānavijayatarumassatthabodhirukkhamūlamupagantvā assatthadumarājaṃ tikkhattuṃ padakkhiṇaṃ katvā pubbuttaradisābhāge ṭhito tāni tiṇāni agge gahetvā cālesi. Tāvadeva cuddasahattho pallaṅko ahosi. Tāni ca tiṇāni cittakārena lekhāgahitāni viya ahesuṃ. Bodhisatto tattha cuddasahatthe tiṇasanthare tisandhipallaṅkaṃ ābhujitvā caturaṅgasamannāgatavīriyaṃ adhiṭṭhahitvā suvaṇṇapīṭhe ṭhapitarajatakkhandhaṃ viya ca paññāsahatthaṃ bodhikkhandhaṃ piṭṭhito katvā upari maṇichattena viya bodhisākhāhi dhāriyamāno nisīdi. Suvaṇṇavaṇṇe panassa cīvare bodhiaṅkurā patamānā suvaṇṇapaṭṭe pavāḷā viya nikkhittā virocayiṃsu.