[24] When his mind (citta) is thus concentrated (samādhi) — purified, cleansed, unblemished, rid of defilements (upakkilesa), become malleable, wieldy, steady, and attained to imperturbability — he directs the mind to the knowledge (ñāṇa) of the recollection of past abodes (pubbenivāsānussatiñāṇa). He recollects his manifold past abodes, that is: one birth (jāti), two births, three births, four births, five births, ten births, twenty births, thirty births, forty births, fifty births, a hundred births, a thousand births, a hundred thousand births, many eons of world-contraction, many eons of world-expansion, many eons of world-contraction-and-expansion: 'There I was so named, of such a clan, of such an appearance, with such food, experiencing such pleasure and pain, with such a span of life; passing away from there, I arose in such-and-such a place; there too I was so named, of such a clan, of such an appearance, with such food, experiencing such pleasure and pain, with such a span of life; passing away from there, I was reborn here.' Thus he recollects his manifold past abodes with their aspects and particulars. Thus too, bhikkhus, exertion is fruitful, striving is fruitful.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.