Visuddhimagga XIII-20

Titthiyānañca pubbenivāsānussaraṇaṃ andhānaṃ yaṭṭhikoṭigamanaṃ viya hoti.

外道的宿住随念如盲者依于他们的杖端而行，

Ñ(XIII,20): Other sectarians see past life as blind men go [tapping] with the point of a stick.

Pakatisāvakānaṃ daṇḍakasetugamanaṃ viya.

普通的声闻的则如过独木桥，

Ñ: Ordinary disciples do so as men who go on a log bridge.

Mahāsāvakānaṃ jaṅghasetugamanaṃ viya.

诸大声闻的如走过人行桥，

Ñ: The great disciples do so as men who go on a foot bridge.

Aggasāvakānaṃ sakaṭasetugamanaṃ viya.

上首声闻的如走过车桥，

Ñ: The chief disciples do so as men who go on a cart bridge.

Paccekabuddhānaṃ mahājaṅghamaggagamanaṃ viya.

辟支佛的如履人行大道，

Ñ: Paccekabuddhas do so as men who go on a main foot-path.

Buddhānaṃ mahāsakaṭamaggagamanaṃ viya.

而诸佛的宿住随念则如行于车行大道。

Ñ: And Buddhas do so as men who go on a high road for carts.