[297] "In the past, venerable sir, I was a seer (isi) named Rohitassa, son of Bhoja (Bhojaputta), possessed of psychic power (iddhi), able to travel through the sky. My speed, venerable sir, was such that, just as a firm-bowed archer (daḷhadhamma dhanuggaha) — trained, skilled of hand, drilled, experienced in shooting — might with ease shoot a light arrow across the shadow of a palmyra tree, [so swift was I]. My stride, venerable sir, was such that it seemed to span from the eastern ocean to the western ocean. Then, venerable sir, a wish of this kind arose in me: 'I shall reach the end of the world by traveling.' And so, venerable sir, endowed with such speed and with such a stride — except while eating and chewing, except while defecating and urinating, except while dispelling fatigue with sleep — having a lifespan of a hundred years, living for a hundred years, I traveled for a hundred years and, without having reached the end of the world, I died along the way. It is wonderful, venerable sir! It is marvellous, venerable sir! How well this has been said by the Blessed One: 'Where, friend, one is not born, does not age, does not die, does not pass away, and is not reborn — I do not say that that end of the world can be known, seen, or reached by traveling.'"
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.