Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:
This was said by the Blessed One, said by the Awakened One, as I have heard:
“Ekapuggalassa, bhikkhave, kappaṁ sandhāvato saṁsarato siyā evaṁ mahā aṭṭhikaṅkalo aṭṭhipuñjo aṭṭhirāsi yathāyaṁ vepullo pabbato, sace saṁhārako assa, sambhatañca na vinasseyyā”ti.
“For a single person who has wandered on and undergone repeated existence for an aeon, there would be a chain of bones, a heap of bones, a pile of bones as great as this Mount Vepulla, if there were someone to gather them and the gathered bones did not decay.”
Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca. Tatthetaṁ iti vuccati:
The Blessed One spoke on this matter. In this regard, it is said:
“Ekassekena kappena,
puggalassaṭṭhisañcayo;
Siyā pabbatasamo rāsi,
iti vuttaṁ mahesinā.
“In just one aeon,
the accumulation of a single person’s bones
would form a heap as large as a mountain,
thus it was said by the great seer.
So kho panāyaṁ akkhāto,
vepullo pabbato mahā;
Uttaro gijjhakūṭassa,
magadhānaṁ giribbaje.
Now, that great mountain is declared to be
Mount Vepulla,
north of Vulture’s Peak,
in the mountain stronghold of Magadha.
Yato ca ariyasaccāni,
sammappaññāya passati;
Dukkhaṁ dukkhasamuppādaṁ,
dukkhassa ca atikkamaṁ;
Ariyañcaṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ,
dukkhūpasamagāminaṁ.
When one sees the noble truths
with right wisdom—
suffering, the arising of suffering,
the cessation of suffering,
and the Noble Eightfold Path
that leads to the cessation of suffering.
Sa sattakkhattuṁ paramaṁ,
sandhāvitvāna puggalo;
Dukkhassantakaro hoti,
sabbasaṁyojanakkhayā”ti.
Having wandered on for seven times at most,
that person
makes an end of suffering,
through the wearing away of all the fetters.”
Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti.
This matter too was spoken by the Blessed One, as I have heard.