Tena ca samayena satthā ekaṃ bhikkhuṃ saddhāpabbajitānaṃ aggaṭṭhāne ṭhapesi, taṃ disvā pasannamānaso tadatthāya cittaṃ ṭhapetvā satasahassabhikkhu- parivārassa bhagavato mahatā sakkārena sattāhaṃ mahādānaṃ pavattetvā paṇidhānaṃ akāsi. Satthā tassa anantarāyena ijjhanabhāvaṃ disvā "anāgate gotamassa nāma sammāsambuddhassa sāsane saddhāpabbajitānaṃ aggo bhavissatī"ti byākāsi. So satthāraṃ bhikkhusaṃghañca vanditvā uṭṭhāyāsanā pakkāmi. So tattha yāvatāyukaṃ puññāni katvā tato cavitvā devamanussesu saṃsaranto ito dvānavutikappe phussassa bhagavato kāle satthu vemātikabhātikesu tīsu rājaputtesu satthāraṃ upaṭṭhahantesu tesaṃ puññakiriyāya sahāyakiccaṃ akāsi. Evaṃ tattha tattha bhave taṃ taṃ bahuṃ kusalaṃ upacinitvā sugatīsuyeva saṃsaranto imasmiṃ buddhuppāde kururaṭṭhe thullakoṭṭhikanigame raṭṭhapālaseṭṭhigehe nibbatti, tassa bhinnaṃ raṭṭhaṃ sandhāretuṃ Samatthe kule nibbattattā raṭṭhapāloti vaṃsānugatameva nāmaṃ ahosi. So mahatā parivārena vaḍḍhanto anukkamena yobbanaṃ patto mātāpitūhi patirūpena dārena saṃyojetvā mahante ca yase patiṭṭhāpito dibbasampattisadisaṃ sampattiṃ paccanubhoti. Atha bhagavā kururaṭṭhe janapadacārikaṃ caranto thullakoṭṭhikaṃ anupāpuṇi. Taṃ sutvā raṭṭhapālo kulaputto satthāraṃ upasaṅkamitvā satthu santike dhammaṃ sutvā paṭiladdhasaddho sattavāre bhattacchede katvā kicchena kasirena mātāpitaro anujānāpetvā satthāraṃ upasaṅkamitvā pabbajjaṃ yācitvā satthu āṇattiyā aññatarassa therassa santike pabbajitvā yonisomanasikārena kammaṃ karonto vipassanaṃ vaḍḍhetvā arahattaṃ pāpuṇi.
[179-80] Athāyasmā aparabhāge attano pubbakammaṃ saritvā somanassajāto pubbacaritāpadānaṃ pakāsento padumuttarassa bhagavatotiādimāha. Tattha sunāgo so mayā dinnoti tadā mahādhanaseṭṭhi hutvā sabbaṃ sāpateyyaṃ dānamukhe vissajjanasamaye sattappatiṭṭho sundaro nāgo hatthirājā mayā dinno ahosi. Taṃ dassento īsādantotiādimāha. Īsādanto rathaīsappamāṇadanto, so mayā dinno hatthināgo. Urūḷhavāti rājāvahanayoggasamattho, rājāraho vā. Setacchattoti alaṅkāratthāya upaṭṭhahanasetacchattasahitoti attho. Pasobhitoti ārohapariṇāhavā rūpasobhāhi sampannoti attho. Sakappano sahatthipoti hatthialaṅkārasahito hatthigopakasahitoti attho. Itthambhūto hatthināgo padumuttarassa bhagavato mayā dinnoti attho.