[384] "Friend, in the eighty years since I went forth, I do not recall ever having entered upon the rains residence in a lodging in the vicinity of a village."
"That the venerable Bakkula, in eighty years, does not recall ever having entered upon the rains residence in a lodging in the vicinity of a village — this too we remember as a marvelous and astonishing quality of the venerable Bakkula."
"For only seven days, friend, did I eat the country's almsfood while still subject to defilement (saraṇa); then on the eighth day final knowledge (aññā) arose."
"That the venerable Bakkula for only seven days ate the country's almsfood while still subject to defilement, and then on the eighth day final knowledge arose — this too we remember as a marvelous and astonishing quality of the venerable Bakkula."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.