[131] Bhikkhus, whereas in a former birth, a former existence, a former abode, the Tathāgata, being then a human being, was firm in his undertaking of wholesome states (kusalā dhammā), unwavering in his undertaking of good conduct of body, good conduct of speech, and good conduct of mind, of giving and sharing (dānasaṃvibhāga), of the undertaking of the precepts (sīlasamādāna), of the observance of the Uposatha (uposathupavāsa), of dutifulness toward his mother (matteyyatā), of dutifulness toward his father (petteyyatā), of dutifulness toward ascetics (sāmaññatā), of dutifulness toward brahmins (brahmaññatā), of honoring the elders of the family, and of various other superior wholesome states — he, because that kamma had been performed, accumulated, heaped up, and made abundant, at the breaking up of the body, after death, was reborn in a good destination (sugati), in a heavenly world. There he surpassed the other gods (devas) in ten respects: in divine life-span, in divine beauty, in divine happiness, in divine fame, in divine sovereignty, in divine forms, in divine sounds, in divine odors, in divine tastes, and in divine touches. Passing away from there and coming to this state of being (itthatta), he obtained this mark of a Great Man (mahāpurisalakkhaṇa).
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.