Eventually he sat down beneath the Bodhi tree on the banks of the Nairanjana river and concentrated all his powers on meditating on the suffering of mankind. He did indeed attain enlightenment under that tree, and from that time on he was venerated as a Buddha.
最後他在菩提樹下坐下來，以溫和中道的心，靜靜省思人類共同的苦難，距今大約三千年前的十二月八日，他在尼連禪河旁的菩提樹下悟得正果，從此被尊為佛陀。