Tasmiñca kāle dīpaṅkaradasabalo paramābhisambodhiṃ patvā pavattitavaradhammacakko catūhi khīṇāsavasatasahassehi parivuto anupubbena cārikaṃ caramāno rammavatīnagaraṃ nāma patvā tassa avidūre sudassanamahāvihāre paṭivasati. Rammavatīnagaravāsino "satthā

Te punadivase mahādānaṃ sajjetvā nagaraṃ alaṅkaritvā dasabalassa āgamanamaggaṃ haṭṭhatuṭṭhā sodhenti.

Tasmiñca kāle sumedhatāpaso ākāsena gacchanto te haṭṭhatuṭṭhe manusse disvā "ambho kassa tumhe imaṃ maggaṃ sodhethā"ti pucchi. Tehi "sammāsambuddhassa āgamanamaggaṃ sodhemā"ti vutte atītesu buddhesu katādhikārattā "buddho"ti vacanaṃ sutvā uppannapītisomanasso tāvadeva ākāsato oruyha "mayhampi okāsaṃ detha, ahampi sodhessāmī"ti tehi dassitaṃ okāsaṃ "kiñcāpi ahaṃ imaṃ iddhiyā sattaratanavicittaṃ katvā alaṅkarituṃ pahomi, ajja pana mayā kāyaveyyāvaccaṃ kātuṃ vaṭṭati, kāyārahaṃ puññaṃ gaṇhissāmī"ti cintetvā tiṇakacavarādayo nīharitvā paṃsuṃ āharitvā samaṃ karonto sodheti. Aniṭṭhiteyeva pana tassa padesassa sodhane dīpaṅkaro bhagavā mahānubhāvānaṃ chaḷabhiññānaṃ khīṇāsavānaṃ catūhi satasahassehi parivuto taṃ maggaṃ paṭipajji. Sumedhapaṇḍito "sammāsambuddho buddhasāvakā ca mā cikkhallaṃ akkamantū"ti attano vākacīrañca cammakhaṇḍañca jaṭākalāpañca pasāretvā sayañca yena bhagavā tena sīsaṃ katvā avakujjo nipajji, evañca cintesi "sacāhaṃ icchissāmi, imassa bhagavato sāvako hutvā ajjeva kilese ghātessāmi. Kiṃ mayhaṃ ekakeneva saṃsāramahoghato nittharaṇena, yannūnāhampi evarūpo sammāsambuddho hutvā sadevakaṃ lokaṃ saṃsāramahaṇṇavato tāreyyan"ti. Iti so aṭṭhaṅgasamannāgatamahābhinīhāravasena cittaṃ paṇidhesi. Atha bhagavā āgantvā tassa ussīsake ṭhatvā cittācāraṃ samijjhanabhāvañcassa ñatvā "ayaṃ ito kappasatasahassādhikānaṃ catunnaṃ asaṅkhyeyyānaṃ matthake gotamo nāma sammāsambuddho bhavissatī"ti sabbaṃ imaṃ bhagavato pavattiṃ byākaritvā pakkāmi.