Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, tathāgato anekavihitaṁ pubbenivāsaṁ anussarati, seyyathidaṁ—ekampi jātiṁ, dvepi jātiyo …pe… iti sākāraṁ sauddesaṁ anekavihitaṁ pubbenivāsaṁ anussarati.
Selanjutnya, para bhikkhu, Tathāgata mengingat berbagai kehidupan lampau, yaitu: satu kelahiran, dua kelahiran, tiga kelahiran, empat kelahiran, lima kelahiran, sepuluh kelahiran, dua puluh kelahiran, tiga puluh kelahiran, empat puluh kelahiran, lima puluh kelahiran, seratus kelahiran, seribu kelahiran, seratus ribu kelahiran; banyak kappa dunia yang menyusut, banyak kappa dunia yang mengembang, banyak kappa dunia yang menyusut dan mengembang. Beliau mengingat: ‘Di sana aku bernama demikian, berasal dari klan demikian, berpenampilan demikian, dan itulah makananku. Demikianlah aku merasakan suka dan duka, dan demikianlah akhir hidupku. Setelah meninggal dunia dari tempat itu, aku terlahir kembali di tempat lain. Di sana pun aku bernama demikian, berasal dari klan demikian, berpenampilan demikian, dan itulah makananku. Demikianlah aku merasakan suka dan duka, dan demikianlah akhir hidupku. Setelah meninggal dunia dari tempat itu, aku terlahir kembali di sini.’ Demikianlah Beliau mengingat berbagai kehidupan lampau beserta ciri-ciri dan rinciannya.
Furthermore, the Realized One recollects many kinds of past lives. That is: one, two, three, four, five, ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, a hundred, a thousand, a hundred thousand rebirths; many eons of the world contracting, many eons of the world expanding, many eons of the world contracting and expanding. He remembers: ‘There, I was named this, my clan was that, I looked like this, and that was my food. This was how I felt pleasure and pain, and that was how my life ended. When I passed away from that place I was reborn somewhere else. There, too, I was named this, my clan was that, I looked like this, and that was my food. This was how I felt pleasure and pain, and that was how my life ended. When I passed away from that place I was reborn here.’ And so he recollects his many kinds of past lives, with features and details.