[429] Sāvatthiyaṃ viharati ... atha kho aññataro bhikkhu yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā .pe. ekamantaṃ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṃ etadavoca kīvadīgho nu kho bhante kappoti . dīgho kho bhikkhu kappo so na sukaro saṅkhātuṃ ettakāni vassāni iti vā ettakāni vassasatāni iti vā ettakāni vassasahassāni iti vā ettakāni vassasatasahassāni iti vāti. Sakkā pana bhante upamā kātunti.

[430] Sakkā bhikkhūti bhagavā avoca seyyathāpi bhikkhu mahāselo pabbato yojanaṃ āyāmena yojanaṃ vitthārena yojanaṃ ubbedhena acchiddo asusiro ekaghano tamenaṃ puriso vassasatassa vassasatassa accayena kāsikena vatthena sakiṃ sakiṃ parimajjeyya khippataraṃ kho so bhikkhu mahāselo pabbato iminā upakkamena parikkhayaṃ pariyādānaṃ Gaccheyya na tveva kappo evaṃ dīgho kho bhikkhu kappo . Evaṃ dīghānaṃ kho bhikkhu kappānaṃ neko kappo saṃsito nekaṃ kappasataṃ saṃsitaṃ nekaṃ kappasahassaṃ saṃsitaṃ nekaṃ kappasatasahassaṃ saṃsitaṃ taṃ kissa hetu anamataggoyaṃ bhikkhu saṃsāro .pe. yāvañcidaṃ bhikkhu alameva sabbasaṅkhāresu nibbindituṃ alaṃ virajjituṃ alaṃ vimuccitunti. Pañcamaṃ.