[162] "Bhikkhus, in a former birth, a former existence, a former abode, being formerly a human being, the Tathāgata abandoned false speech (musāvāda) and abstained from false speech: he was a speaker of truth, an adherent of truth, trustworthy, reliable, no deceiver of the world. Because of having performed that kamma … Passing away from there and coming to this state of being, he acquires these two marks of a Great Man (mahāpurisalakkhaṇa): his hairs grow singly, one to each pore; and a tuft (uṇṇā) has arisen between his eyebrows, white and soft, like cotton down. Endowed with those marks, if he dwells in the house, he becomes a king, a wheel-turning monarch (cakkavatti) … Being a king, what does he obtain? A great multitude of people are his close adherents: brahmins and householders, townsfolk and country folk, treasury officials and great ministers, officers of the guard, doorkeepers, ministers, councillors, kings, feudatory lords, and princes. Being a king, this is what he obtains. … Being a Buddha, what does he obtain? A great multitude of people are his close adherents: bhikkhus, bhikkhunīs, laymen (upāsaka), laywomen (upāsikā), devas, human beings, asuras, nāgas, and gandhabbas. Being a Buddha, this is what he obtains."
The Blessed One spoke this matter. Concerning this it is said:
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.