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On hearing these words, Sumedha thought,
'What to speak of being born as a Buddha in this world, it is a rare luck even to hear the word (Buddha). I should also join with these people to decorate the path of the Buddha'.
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At once, he applied himself to the work. Within a short time Dipankara Buddha arrived. The bugles were sounded heralding his entry into the city. Men as well as gods shouted joy at his sight, and mandara flowers were showered on him from the sky. Sumedha untied his matted hairs, spread his bark, saffron robes and (deer) skin on the ground, lay on it and thought.
'It will do me the greatest good if Dipankara Buddha touches my body with his feet'.
From his bed, be beheld the great leader and witnessed in him the lustre of Buddhahood. Thought he,
'I can attain liberation by ending all misery, but that is not my objective. Like Dipankara Buddha, I must attain the Great Enlightenment, and help the people to cross through the worldly ocean by boarding on the ship of religion. Thereafter I should attain liberation',
He felt an intense desire within himself to attain Buddhahood. For this, he was even prepared, to sacrifice his life.
The Buddha came to Sumedha and said,
"Behold this matted monk. One day, he will become the Buddha. This is the explicit meaning of Buddhahood".
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'One day, he will become the Buddha' when men and gods heard these words, they became immens ely happy and said,
"Monk Sumedha is the seed of future Buddha, he is the sprout of the future Buddha. The 'progeny of the Jina' (iina-putra, which should mean in this context
