Mahāpuriso taṃ disvā "kimidan"ti pucchitvā "samaṇaparikkhāro"ti sutvā alaṅkārabhaṇḍaṃ omuñcitvā pasādhanabhaṇḍāgārikassa hatthe datvā maṅgalakhaggamādāya saddhiṃ makuṭena kese chanditvā antalikkhe ākāse ukkhipi. Atha sakko devarājā suvaṇṇacaṅkoṭakena taṃ kesamakuṭaṃ ādāya sinerumuddhani tiyojanappamāṇaṃ indanīlamaṇimayaṃ makuṭacetiyaṃ nāma akāsi. Atha mahāpuriso devadattiyaṃ arahattadhajaṃ

Kāsāvaṃ paridahitvā sāṭakayugaṃ ākāse khipi. Taṃ brahmā paṭiggahetvā brahmaloke dvādasayojanikaṃ sabbaratanamayaṃ cetiyamakāsi. Dīpaṅkarakumāraṃ pana pabbajjantaṃ ekā purisakoṭi anupabbaji. Tāya pana parisāya parivuto bodhisatto dasa māse padhānacariyaṃ acari. Atha visākhapuṇṇamāya aññataraṃ nagaraṃ piṇḍāya pāvisi.

Tasmiṃ kira nagare taṃdivasaṃ devatānaṃ balikaraṇatthāya nirudakapāyāsaṃ paciṃsu. Tassa pana mahāsattassa saparisassa piṇḍāya paviṭṭhassa manussā adaṃsu. Taṃ kira sabbesaṃ koṭisaṅkhyānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ pariyattaṃ ahosi. Mahāpurisassa pana patte devatā dibbojaṃ pakkhipiṃsu. Taṃ paribhuñjitvā tattheva sālavane divāvihāraṃ vītināmetvā sāyanhasamaye paṭisallānā vuṭṭhāya gaṇaṃ vissajjetvā sunandena nāmājīvakena dinnā aṭṭha tiṇamuṭṭhiyo gahetvā pipphalibodhirukkhamūlaṃ gantvā tiṇasantharaṃ santharitvā navutihatthaṃ bodhikkhandhaṃ piṭṭhito katvā pallaṅkaṃ ābhujitvā caturaṅgavīriyaṃ adhiṭṭhahitvā bodhirukkhamūle nisīdi.

Tato mārabalaṃ vidhamitvā rattiyā paṭhamayāme pubbenivāsaṃ anussaritvā majjhimayāme dibbacakkhuṃ visodhetvā pacchimayāme anulomapaṭilomavasena paccayākāraṃ sammasitvā ānāpānacatutthajjhānaṃ samāpajjitvā tato vuṭṭhāya pañcasu khandhesu abhinivisitvā udayabbayavasena samapaññāya lakkhaṇāni disvā yāva gotrabhuñāṇaṃ vipassanaṃ vaḍḍhetvā aruṇodaye ariyamaggena sakalabuddhaguṇe paṭivijjhitvā buddhasīhanādaṃ naditvā sattasattāhaṃ bodhisamīpeyeva vītināmetvā brahmuno dhammadesanaṃ paṭiññāya sunandārāme dhammacakkaṃ pavattetvā koṭisatānaṃ devamanussānaṃ dhammāmataṃ pāyetvā catuddīpikamahāmegho viya dhammavassaṃ vassento mahājanassa bandhanamokkhaṃ karonto janapadacārikaṃ vicari.