tesampi antarā kappā gaṇanāto asaṅkhiyā.

Nāradassa bhagavato padumuttarassa satthuno

tesampi antarā kappā gaṇanāto asaṅkhiyā"ti.

Evaṃ gaṇanātītatāya asaṅkhyeyyattepi catūsu ṭhānesu mahākappānaṃ gaṇanātikkamena "caturo ca asaṅkhiye"ti vuttaṃ, na saṅkhyāvisesenāti veditabbaṃ. Yasmā pana padumuttaradasabalassa ca sumedhadasabalassa ca antare tiṃsakappasahassāni, sujātadasabalassa ca piyadassīdasabalassa ca antare navasatasahassādhikānaṃ kappānaṃ saṭṭhisahassāni dvāsītuttarāni aṭṭha ca satāni, dhammadassīdasabalassa ca siddhatthadasabalassa ca antare vīsati kappā, siddhatthadasabalassa ca tissadasabalassa ca antare eko kappo, bhagavato vipassissa ca bhagavato sikhissa ca antare saṭṭhi kappā, bhagavato ca vessabhussa bhagavato ca kakusandhassa antare tiṃsa kappā, iti pudumuttaradasabalassa uppannakappato paṭṭhāya heṭṭhā tesaṃ tesaṃ buddhānaṃ uppannakappehi iminā ca bhaddakappena saddhiṃ satasahassamahākappā, te sandhāya vuttaṃ "kappe ca satasahasse"ti imasmiṃ panatthe vitthāriyamāne sabbaṃ buddhavaṃsapāḷiṃ āharitvā saṃvaṇṇetabbaṃ hotīti ativitthārabhīrukassa mahānassa cittaṃ anurakkhantā na vitthārayimha. Atthikehi