Atha satthā anumodanaṃ karonto "ayaṃ mahāpuriso evarūpaṃ mahādānaṃ adāsi, ko nu kho bhavissatī"ti upadhārento "anāgate kappasatasahassādhikānaṃ dvinnaṃ asaṅkhyeyyānaṃ matthake gotamo nāma buddho bhavissatī"ti disvā tato mahāsattaṃ āmantetvā "tvaṃ ettakaṃ nāma kālaṃ atikkamitvā gotamo nāma buddho bhavissasī"ti byākāsi. Atha mahāpuriso bhagavato byākaraṇaṃ sutvā pamuditahadayo "ahaṃ kira buddho bhavissāmi, na me gharāvāsena attho, pabbajissāmī"ti cintetvā tathārūpaṃ sampattiṃ kheḷapiṇḍaṃ viya pahāya satthu santike pabbajitvā buddhavacanaṃ uggaṇhitvā abhiññā ca aṭṭha samāpattiyo ca nibbattetvā aparihīnajjhāno yāvatāyukaṃ ṭhatvā āyupariyosāne brahmaloke nibbatti. Tena vuttaṃ:-

[10] "ahantena samayena surucī nāma brāhmaṇo

ajjhāyako mantadharo tiṇṇaṃ vedāna pāragū.

[11] Tamahaṃ upasaṅkamma saraṇaṃ gantvāna satthuno