[1746] "Bhikkhus, suppose that Sineru, the king of mountains, were to come to destruction and exhaustion, except for seven pebbles the size of mung beans. What do you think, bhikkhus: which is the greater — that portion of Sineru, the king of mountains, which has been destroyed and exhausted, or the seven pebbles the size of mung beans that remain?"
"Venerable sir, the greater is that of Sineru, the king of mountains, which has been destroyed and exhausted; the seven pebbles the size of mung beans that remain are trifling. Compared with what has been destroyed and exhausted of Sineru, the king of mountains, the seven pebbles the size of mung beans that remain do not amount to calculation, do not bear comparison, do not amount even to a fraction."
"So too, bhikkhus, for a noble disciple, a person accomplished in view (diṭṭhisampanna) who has made the breakthrough (abhisametāvin), the greater is that suffering (dukkha) which has been destroyed and exhausted; that which remains is trifling: it does not amount to calculation, does not bear comparison, does not amount even to a fraction, compared with the former mass of suffering that has been destroyed and exhausted — that is, [there being] at most seven more existences. He understands as it really is: 'This is suffering' … he understands as it really is: 'This is the way of practice leading to the cessation of suffering.' Therefore, bhikkhus, an effort should be made [to understand]: 'This is suffering' … an effort should be made [to understand]: 'This is the way of practice leading to the cessation of suffering.'"
The Papāta Chapter, the fifth.
Its summary (uddāna):
Cintā, Papāta, Pariḷāha,
Kūṭa, Vāla, and Andhakāra;
two are spoken with Chiggaḷa,
and two further on Sineru.
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The Abhisamaya Chapter, the sixth.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.