[164] "Bhikkhus, in whatever former birth, former existence, former abode the Tathāgata, being then a human being, abandoned divisive speech (pisuṇā vācā) and abstained from divisive speech: having heard something here, he was not one to report it elsewhere in order to divide these people; and having heard something elsewhere, he was not one to report it to these people in order to divide those. Thus he was a reconciler of those who were divided and a promoter of those who were united; delighting in concord, devoted to concord, rejoicing in concord, he was a speaker of such words as create concord. Because he performed that deed (kamma) … Passing away from there and coming to this state of being, he obtains these two marks of the Great Man (mahāpurisalakkhaṇa): he has forty teeth, and his teeth are without gaps. Endowed with those marks, if he dwells in the household life, he becomes a king, a wheel-turning monarch (cakkavatti) … Being a king, what does he obtain? He has a retinue that cannot be divided; his retinue, which cannot be divided, consists of brahmins and householders, townsfolk and country folk, finance ministers, officers of the army, gatekeepers, ministers, royal councillors, kings, feudatory lords, and princes. Being a king, this is what he obtains. … Being a Buddha, what does he obtain? He has a retinue that cannot be divided; his retinue, which cannot be divided, consists of bhikkhus, bhikkhunīs, laymen (upāsakā), laywomen (upāsikā), devas, humans, 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English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.