法苑珠林 8.87

8.87

I respectfully observe that what [King] Śuddhodana inherited stems from King Ikṣvāku. Sacred wheel-turners succeeded one another, their brilliance repeated over myriads of generations. Therefore Śākyamuni expediently responded and manifested descent and birth; once his trace was manifested, his lineage became celebrated. Thus, responding in Kapilavastu with a sixteen-foot golden form, he displayed the decorum of the thirty-two marks and governed the transformation of the trichiliocosm, taking pity on those swept along by the four currents and operating this boat of the six perfections.