Possessing these marks, if he stays at home he becomes a wheel-turning monarch. And what does he obtain as king? He’s long-lived, preserving his life for a long time. No human foe or enemy is able to take his life before his time. That’s what he obtains as king. And what does he obtain as Buddha? He’s long-lived, preserving his life for a long time. No foes or enemies—nor any ascetic or brahmin or god or Māra or divinity or anyone in the world—is able to take his life before his time. That’s what he obtains as Buddha.” The Buddha spoke this matter.

On this it is said: “Realizing for himself the horrors of death, he refrained from killing other creatures. By that good conduct he went to heaven, where he enjoyed the fruit of deeds well done. Passing away, on his return to here, he obtained these three marks: his stretched heels are abundant and long, and like the Divinity, he’s straight and beautiful, <j>with well-formed limbs. Fair of arm, youthful, of good posture and breeding, his fingers are soft and tender and long. By these three marks of an excellent man, they indicated that the prince’s life would be long: