So anukkamena vuddhippatto sirivaḍḍhanasomavaḍḍhanaiddhivaḍḍhananāmadheyyesu tīsu pāsādesu tesaṭṭhiyā nāṭakitthisatasahassehi paricāriyamāno surayuvatīhi paricāriyamāno devakumāro viya navavassasahassāni dibbasukhasadisaṃ visayasukhamanubhavamāno vaṭaṃsikāya nāma deviyā anupamaṃ nāma nirupamaṃ puttaṃ janetvā cattāri nimittāni disvā hatthiyānena nikkhamitvā pabbaji. Taṃ pana pabbajantaṃ tiṃsakoṭiyo anupabbajiṃsu.

‘‘Maṅgalassa aparena, sumano nāma nāyako;

Sabbadhammehi asamo, sabbasattānamuttamo’’ti.

Sumano kira bhagavā bodhisamīpeyeva sattasattāhāni vītināmetvā dhammadesanatthaṃ brahmāyācanaṃ sampaṭicchitvā – ‘‘kassa nu kho ahaṃ paṭhamaṃ dhammaṃ deseyya’’nti (dī. ni. 2.72; ma. ni. 1.284; 2.341; mahāva. 10) upadhārento attanā saha pabbajitānaṃ tiṃsakoṭiyo ca attano kaniṭṭhabhātikaṃ vemātikaṃ saraṇakumārañca purohitaputtaṃ bhāvitattamāṇavakañca upanissayasampanne disvā – ‘‘etesaṃ paṭhamaṃ dhammaṃ deseyya’’nti cintetvā haṃsarājā viya gaganapathena mekhaluyyāne otaritvā uyyānapālaṃ pesetvā attano kaniṭṭhabhātikaṃ saraṇakumārañca purohitaputtaṃ bhāvitattakumārañca pakkosāpetvā tesaṃ parivārabhūtā sattatiṃsakoṭiyo attanā saha pabbajitā tiṃsakoṭiyo ca aññe ca bahū devamanussakoṭiyo cāti evaṃ koṭisatasahassaṃ dhammacakkappavattanena dhammāmataṃ pāyesi. Tena vuttaṃ –

‘‘Tadā amatabheriṃ so, āhanī mekhale pure;

Dhammasaṅkhasamāyuttaṃ, navaṅgaṃ jinasāsana’’nti.

Tattha amatabherinti amatādhigamāya nibbānādhigamāya bheriṃ. Āhanīti vādayi, dhammaṃ desesīti attho. Sāyaṃ amatabherī nāma amatapariyosānaṃ navaṅgaṃ buddhavacanaṃ. Tenevāha – ‘‘dhammasaṅkhasamāyuttaṃ, navaṅgaṃ jinasāsana’’nti. Tattha dhammasaṅkhasamāyuttanti catusaccadhammakathāsaṅkhavarasamāyuttaṃ.

Māpesi nagaraṃ satthā, saddhammapuravaruttama’’nti.

‘‘Nirantaraṃ akuṭilaṃ, ujuṃ vipulavitthataṃ;

Māpesi so mahāvīthiṃ, satipaṭṭhānavaruttama’’nti.

Tattha nirantaranti kusalajavanasañcaraṇānantarabhāvato nirantaraṃ. Akuṭilanti kuṭilabhāvakaradosavirahitato akuṭilaṃ. Ujunti akuṭilattāva ujuṃ. Purimapadasseva atthadīpakamidaṃ vacanaṃ. Vipulavitthatanti āyāmato ca vitthārato ca puthulavitthataṃ, puthulavitthatabhāvo lokiyalokuttarasatipaṭṭhānavasena daṭṭhabbo. Mahāvīthinti mahāmaggaṃ. Satipaṭṭhānavaruttamanti satipaṭṭhānañca taṃ varesu uttamañcāti satipaṭṭhānavaruttamaṃ. Atha vā varaṃ satipaṭṭhānamayaṃ uttamavīthinti attho.

‘‘Phale cattāri sāmaññe, catasso paṭisambhidā;

Chaḷabhiññāṭṭhasamāpattī, pasāresi tattha vīthiya’’nti.

‘‘Ye appamattā akhilā, hirivīriyehupāgatā;

Te te ime guṇavare, ādiyanti yathāsukha’’nti. – āha;

‘‘Evametena yogena, uddharanto mahājanaṃ;

Bodhesi paṭhamaṃ satthā, koṭisatasahassiyo’’ti.

Tattha uddharantoti saṃsārasāgarato ariyamagganāvāya samuddharanto. Koṭisatasahassiyoti satasahassakoṭiyoti attho. Vipariyāyena niddiṭṭhaṃ.

‘‘Yamhi kāle mahāvīro, ovadī titthiye gaṇe;

Koṭisahassā bhisamiṃsu, dutiye dhammadesane’’ti.

Tattha titthiye gaṇeti titthiyabhūte gaṇe, titthiyānaṃ gaṇe vā ‘‘titthiye abhimaddanto, buddho dhammamadesayī’’ti paṭhanti keci.

‘‘Yadā devā manussā ca, samaggā ekamānasā;

Nirodhapañhaṃ pucchiṃsu, saṃsayaṃ cāpi mānasaṃ.

‘‘Tadāpi dhammadesane, nirodhaparidīpane;

Navutikoṭisahassānaṃ, tatiyābhisamayo ahū’’ti.

‘‘Sannipātā tayo āsuṃ, sumanassa mahesino;

Khīṇāsavānaṃ vimalānaṃ, santacittāna tādinaṃ.

‘‘Vassaṃvuṭṭhassa bhagavato, abhighuṭṭhe pavāraṇe;

Koṭisatasahassehi, pavāresi tathāgato.

‘‘Tato paraṃ sannipāte, vimale kañcanapabbate;

Navutikoṭisahassānaṃ, dutiyo āsi samāgamo.

Asītikoṭisahassānaṃ, tatiyo āsi samāgamo’’ti.

‘‘Ahaṃ tena samayena, nāgarājā mahiddhiko;

Atulo nāma nāmena, ussannakusalasañcayo.

‘‘Tadāhaṃ nāgabhavanā, nikkhamitvā sañātibhi;

Nāgānaṃ dibbaturiyehi, sasaṅghaṃ jinamupaṭṭhahiṃ.

Paccekadussayugaṃ datvā, saraṇaṃ tamupāgamiṃ.

‘‘Sopi maṃ buddho byākāsi, sumano lokanāyako;

Aparimeyyito kappe, ayaṃ buddho bhavissati.

‘‘Padhānaṃ padahitvāna…pe… hessāma sammukhā imaṃ’’.

Yathā koṇḍaññabuddhavaṃse, evaṃ aṭṭha gāthā vitthāretabbāti.

‘‘Tassāpi vacanaṃ sutvā, bhiyyo cittaṃ pasādayiṃ;

Uttariṃ vatamadhiṭṭhāsiṃ, dasapāramipūriyā’’ti.

Sirimā nāma janikā, sumanassa mahesino.

‘‘Navavassasahassāni, agāraṃ ajjha so vasi;

Cando sucando vaṭaṃso ca, tayo pāsādamuttamā.

‘‘Tesaṭṭhisatasahassāni, nāriyo samalaṅkatā;

Vaṭaṃsikā nāma nārī, anūpamo nāma atrajo.

‘‘Nimitte caturo disvā, hatthiyānena nikkhami;

Anūnadasamāsāni, padhānaṃ padahī jino.

‘‘Brahmunā yācito santo, sumano lokanāyako;

Vatti cakkaṃ mahāvīro, mekhale puramuttame.

‘‘Saraṇo bhāvitatto ca, ahesuṃ aggasāvakā;

Udeno nāmupaṭṭhāko, sumanassa mahesino.

Sopi buddho amitayaso, nāgamūle abujjhatha.

‘‘Varuṇo ceva saraṇo ca, ahesuṃ aggupaṭṭhakā;

Cālā ca upacālā ca, ahesuṃ aggupaṭṭhikā.

Kañcanagghiyasaṅkāso, dasasahassī virocati.

‘‘Navutivassasahassāni, āyu vijjati tāvade;

Tāvatā tiṭṭhamāno so, tāresi janataṃ bahuṃ.

‘‘Tāraṇīye tārayitvā, bodhanīye ca bodhayi;

Parinibbāyi sambuddho, uḷurājāva atthami.

‘‘Te ca khīṇāsavā bhikkhū, so ca buddho asādiso;

Atulappabhaṃ dassayitvā, nibbutā te mahāyasā.

‘‘Tañca ñāṇaṃ atuliyaṃ, tāni ca atulāni ratanāni;

Sabbaṃ tamantarahitaṃ, nanu rittā sabbasaṅkhārā.

‘‘Sumano yasadharo buddho, aṅgārāmamhi nibbuto;

Tattheva tassa jinathūpo, catuyojanamuggato’’ti.

Sumanabuddhavaṃsavaṇṇanā niṭṭhitā.

Niṭṭhito catuttho buddhavaṃso.