[431] Sāvatthiyaṃ viharati ... atha kho aññataro bhikkhu yena bhagavā .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 .pe. Ettakāni vassasatasahassāni iti vāti . sakkā pana bhante upamā kātunti.

[432] Sakkā bhikkhūti bhagavā avoca seyyathāpi bhikkhu āyasaṃ nagaraṃ yojanaṃ āyāmena yojanaṃ vitthārena yojanaṃ ubbedhena puṇṇaṃ sāsapānaṃ guḷikābandhaṃ tato puriso vassasatassa vassasatassa accayena ekamekaṃ sāsapaṃ uddhareyya khippataraṃ kho so bhikkhu mahāsāsaparāsi 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. Alaṃ vimuccitunti. Chaṭṭhaṃ.