Atha naṁ tvaṁ jāneyyāsi: “vassasahassaṁ me niraye paccamānassā”’ti. So kho ahaṁ, pāpima, bahūni vassāni bahūni vassasatāni bahūni vassasahassāni tasmiṁ mahāniraye apacciṁ. Dasavassasahassāni tasseva mahānirayassa ussade apacciṁ vuṭṭhānimaṁ nāma vedanaṁ vediyamāno. Tassa mayhaṁ, pāpima, evarūpo kāyo hoti, seyyathāpi manussassa. Evarūpaṁ sīsaṁ hoti, seyyathāpi macchassa. Kīdiso nirayo āsi, kakusandhañca brāhmaṇaṁ. Yo etamabhijānāti, bhikkhu buddhassa sāvako;