[163] True to his promise in former births (jāti),
his speech undivided, he shunned falsehood;
never was he one to deceive anyone:
he spoke with what was real, true, and factual.
White, gleaming bright, most soft, like cotton-down,
a well-formed tuft (uṇṇā) there was between his eyebrows;
and in his hair-pores no two hairs arose:
his limbs were covered with hairs, one to each pore.
Many knowers of marks (lakkhaṇa), assembled together,
skilled in portents and signs, declared of him:
"As the tuft and the body-hairs are so well set,
a multitude of people attends upon one such as this.
Even while he remains a householder, people in great numbers
attend upon him, through the deed performed of old;
gone forth, owning nothing, unsurpassed—
even as a Buddha the people attend upon him."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.