So "imassa me nissandena anāgate iminā nīhārena rasmiyo nikkhamantū"ti patthanamakāsi. Tassa taṃ patthanaṃ nissāya buddhabhūtassa sarīrato rasmiyo nikkhamitvā ettakaṃ ṭhānaṃ phariṃsu.

Aparampi pubbacariyaṃ tassa atthi. Ayaṃ kira bodhisattakāle ekassa buddhassa cetiyaṃ disvā "imassa buddhassa mama jīvitaṃ pariccajituṃ vaṭṭatī"ti daṇḍadīpikāveṭhananiyāmena sakalasarīraṃ veṭhāpetvā ratanamattamakuḷaṃ satasahassagghanikaṃ suvaṇṇapātiṃ sugandhasappissa pūrāpetvā tattha sahassavaṭṭiyo jāletvā taṃ sīsenādāya sakalasarīraṃ jālāpetvā jinacetiyaṃ padakkhiṇaṃ karonto sakalarattiṃ vītināmesi. Evaṃ yāva aruṇuggamanā vāyamantassa lomakūpamattampi usumaṃ na gaṇhi. Padumagabbhaṃ paviṭṭhakālo viya ahosi. Dhammo hi nāmesa attānaṃ rakkhantaṃ rakkhati. Tenāha bhagavā:-

"dhammo have rakkhati dhammacāriṃ

dhammo suciṇṇo sukhamāvahāti