[508] Bhikkhus, King Yama, having questioned, pressed, and cross-examined him about the first messenger of the gods (devadūta), then questions, presses, and cross-examines him about the second messenger of the gods: 'Good man, did you not see the second messenger of the gods appear among human beings?'
He says: 'I did not see him, venerable sir.'
Then, bhikkhus, King Yama says to him: 'Good man, did you not see among human beings a woman or a man—eighty, ninety, or a hundred years from birth—aged, crooked as a rafter, bent double, leaning on a staff, tottering as he goes, ailing, with youth gone, teeth broken, hair grey and scanty, head bald, skin wrinkled, limbs blotched with spots?'
He says: 'I saw, venerable sir.'
Then, bhikkhus, King Yama says to him: 'Good man, did it not occur to you, an intelligent and mature person: "I too am subject to aging; I have not passed beyond aging. Come now, let me do good by body, by speech, and by mind"?'
He says: 'I could not, venerable sir; I was negligent, venerable sir.'
Then, bhikkhus, King Yama says to him: 'Good man, through negligence you did not do good by body, by speech, and by mind. Assuredly, good man, they will deal with you in accordance with that negligence of yours. But this evil kamma of yours was not done by your mother, not done by your father, not done by your brother, not done by your sister, not done by friends and companions, not done by kinsmen and blood relations, not done by ascetics and brahmins, not done by deities: this evil kamma was done by you yourself, and you yourself will experience its result.'
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.