[601] Atha kho brahmā sahampati abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇo kevalakappaṃ jetavanaṃ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi . ekamantaṃ ṭhito kho brahmā sahampati bhagavantaṃ etadavoca kokāliko bhante bhikkhu kālakato kālakato ca bhante kokāliko bhikkhu padumanirayaṃ upapanno sārīputtamoggallānesu cittaṃ āghātetvāti . idamavoca brahmā sahampati idaṃ vatvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṃ katvā tatthevantaradhāyīti.

[602] Atha kho bhagavā tassā rattiyā accayena bhikkhū āmantesi imaṃ bhikkhave rattiṃ brahmā sahampati abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇo kevalakappaṃ jetavanaṃ obhāsetvā yenāhaṃ tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā maṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi ekamantaṃ ṭhito kho bhikkhave brahmā sahampati maṃ etadavoca kokāliko bhante bhikkhu kālakato kālakato ca bhante kokāliko bhikkhu padumanirayaṃ upapanno sārīputtamoggallānesu cittaṃ āghātetvāti idamavoca Bhikkhave brahmā sahampati idaṃ vatvā maṃ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṃ katvā tatthevantaradhāyīti.

[603] Evaṃ vutte aññataro bhikkhu bhagavantaṃ etadavoca kīvadīghaṃ nu kho bhante padumaniraye āyuppamāṇanti . dīghaṃ kho bhikkhu padumaniraye āyuppamāṇaṃ taṃ na sukaraṃ saṅkhātuṃ ettakāni vassāni iti vā ettakāni vassasatāni iti vā ettakāni vassasahassāni iti vā ettakāni vassasatasahassāni iti vāti . Sakkā pana bhante upamā kātunti.

[604] Sakkā bhikkhūti bhagavā avoca seyyathāpi bhikkhu vīsatikhāriko kosalako tilavāho tato puriso vassasatassa vassasatassa accayena ekamekaṃ tilaṃ uddhareyya khippataraṃ kho so bhikkhu vīsatikhāriko kosalako tilavāho iminā upakkamena parikkhayaṃ pariyādānaṃ gaccheyya na tveva eko abbudo nirayo seyyathāpi bhikkhu vīsati abbudā nirayā evameko nirabbudo nirayo seyyathāpi bhikkhu vīsati nirabbudā nirayā evameko ababo nirayo seyyathāpi bhikkhu vīsati ababā nirayā evameko aṭaṭo nirayo seyyathāpi bhikkhu vīsati aṭaṭā nirayā evameko ahaho nirayo seyyathāpi bhikkhu vīsati ahahā nirayā evameko kumudo nirayo seyyathāpi bhikkhu vīsati kumudā nirayā evameko sogandhiko nirayo seyyathāpi bhikkhu vīsati sogandhikā nirayā evameko uppalako nirayo Seyyathāpi bhikkhu vīsati uppalakā nirayā evameko puṇḍarīko nirayo seyyathāpi bhikkhu vīsati puṇḍarīkā nirayā evameko padumo nirayo padumaṃ kho pana bhikkhu nirayaṃ kokāliko bhikkhu upapanno sārīputtamoggallānesu cittaṃ āghātetvāti.