[299] Then the Venerable Sobhita addressed the bhikkhus: "Friends, I recollect five hundred eons (kappa)." The bhikkhus complained, criticized, and spread it about, saying: "How can the Venerable Sobhita say this: 'Friends, I recollect five hundred eons'? The Venerable Sobhita is laying claim to a superhuman state (uttarimanussadhamma)!" They reported this matter to the Blessed One. "Bhikkhus, Sobhita does have this [recollection]; and that, indeed, was just one single birth. Bhikkhus, Sobhita spoke the truth. Bhikkhus, there is no offence for Sobhita."
The Fourth Pārājika is concluded.
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English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.