Mahapadanasutta 1.29

1.29

'It is the rule, brethren, that, when a Bodhisat has come to birth, he stands firm on both feet and, with his face to the north, takes seven strides, the while a white canopy is held over him 1 and, looking around on every side, he utters as with the voice of a bull: — " Chief am I in the world, Eldest am I in the world, Foremost am I in the world! This is the last birth! There is now no more coming to be 2! " That, in such a case, is the rule.