vv. 32-45 BUDDHA DäPAðK ARA
That Hero entered into that region, and seeing there the requisites for a sage inside an excellent leaf-hut that had been made by Sakka, the ThousandEyed One, put on the dress of a sage. Then, within seven days, he attained the eightfold blissful states of concentration and the five deep knowledges, and lived on there intent on meditation. One day when the Sage, the Great Ascetic Sumedha, was flying through the air, he saw people clearing the road, and descended from the sky, and asked them: “Why are you clearing the road?” “Do you not know, Sumedha? The Buddha Dãpaïkara, after attaining Supreme Awakening and setting rolling the unsurpassed Dhamma Wheel,
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