33.

The Chapter on Umāpupphiya

1-10.

Commentary on the Life History of the Elder Umāpupphiya and So On

In the thirty-third chapter, the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth life histories are clear in themselves.

55. In the seventh life history, "I went to the assembly" means the meaning is: I went to the multitude, the meeting place.

62. "Abbudas and nirabbudas" - because it is said "a hundred of a hundred thousand pakoṭis is an abbuda, a hundred of a hundred thousand abbudas is a nirabbuda," by life span, abbudas and nirabbudas, those who had attained great life spans, lords of men, wheel-turning monarchs, warriors, being eight each, in twenty-five thousand cosmic cycles, they were, they existed - this is the meaning. The eighth, ninth and tenth life histories are obvious.

The commentary on the thirty-third chapter is complete.