๖. สาสปสูตร

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.

Sakkā bhikkhūti bhagavā avoca seyyathāpi bhikkhu āyasaṃ nagaraṃ yojanaṃ āyāmena yojanaṃ vitthārena yojanaṃ ubbedhena puṇṇaṃ sāsapānaṃ guḷikābandhaṃ 2- 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 @Footnote: 1 Ma. Yu. khosaddo natthi . 2 Ma. guḷikābaddhaṃ. Yu. cuḷikābaddhaṃ. Saṃsāro .pe. Alaṃ vimuccitunti. Chaṭṭhaṃ.