Aparabhāge bhisāni āharitvā tatheva khādanti. Tattha te ghoratapā paramadhitindriyā kasiṇaparikammaṃ karontā vihariṃsu. Atha nesaṃ sīlatejena sakkassa bhavanaṃ kampi. Sakko taṃ kāraṇaṃ ñatvā "ime isayo vīmaṃsissāmī"ti attano ānubhāvena mahāsattassa koṭṭhāse tayo divase antaradhāpesi. Mahāsatto paṭhamadivase koṭṭhāsaṃ adisvā "mama koṭṭhāso pamuṭṭho bhavissatī"ti cintesi. Dutiyadivase "mama dosena bhavitabbaṃ, paṇāmanavasena mama koṭṭhāsaṃ na ṭhapitaṃ maññe"ti cintesi. Tatiyadivase "taṃ kāraṇaṃ sutvā khamāpessāmī"ti sāyanhasamaye ghaṇḍisaññaṃ datvā tāya saññāya sabbesu sannipatitesu tamatthaṃ ārocetvā tīsupi divasesu tehi jeṭṭhakoṭṭhāsassa ṭhapitabhāvaṃ sutvā "tumhehi mayhaṃ koṭṭhāso ṭhapito, mayā pana na laddho, kiṃ nu kho kāraṇan"ti āha. Taṃ sutvā sabbeva saṃvegappattā ahesuṃ.

Tasmiṃ assame rukkhadevatāpi attano bhavanato otaritvā tesaṃ santike nisīdi. Manussānaṃ hatthato palāyitvā araññaṃ paviṭṭho eko vāraṇo ahituṇḍikahatthato palāyitvā mutto sappakīḷāpanako eko vānaro ca tehi isīhi kataparicayā tadā tesaṃ santikaṃ gantavā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhaṃsu. Sakkopi "isigaṇaṃ pariggaṇhissāmī"ti adissamānakāyo tattheva aṭṭhāsi. Tasmiñca khaṇe bodhisattassa kaniṭṭho upakañcanatāpaso uṭṭhāya bodhisattaṃ vanditvā sesānaṃ apacitiṃ dassetvā "ahaṃ saññaṃ paṭṭhapetvā attānaññeva sodhetuṃ labhāmī"ti pucchitvā "āma labhasī"ti vutte isigaṇamajjhe ṭhatvā sapathaṃ karonto:-

"assaṃ gavaṃ rajataṃ jātarūpaṃ