[509] Bhikkhus, for as long as I wish, I recollect my manifold past abodes (pubbenivāsa), 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 aeons of world-contraction (saṃvaṭṭakappa), many aeons of world-expansion (vivaṭṭakappa), many aeons of world-contraction and expansion: 'There I was of such a name, of such a clan, of such an appearance, such was my food, such my experience of pleasure and pain, such the limit of my life-span; passing away from there, I arose in such-and-such a place; there too I was of such a name, of such a clan, of such an appearance, such was my food, such my experience of pleasure and pain, such the limit of my life-span; passing away from there, I arose here.' Thus with their aspects and particulars I recollect my manifold past abodes. Kassapa too, bhikkhus, for as long as he wishes, recollects his manifold past abodes, that is: one birth … thus with their aspects and particulars he recollects his manifold past abodes.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.