So sace ākaṅkhati: ‘anekavihitaṁ pubbenivāsaṁ anussareyyaṁ, seyyathidaṁ—ekampi jātiṁ dvepi jātiyo tissopi jātiyo catassopi jātiyo pañcapi jātiyo dasapi jātiyo vīsampi jātiyo tiṁsampi jātiyo cattālīsampi jātiyo paññāsampi jātiyo jātisatampi jātisahassampi jātisatasahassampi anekepi saṁvaṭṭakappe anekepi vivaṭṭakappe anekepi saṁvaṭṭavivaṭṭakappe: “amutrāsiṁ evaṁnāmo evaṅgotto evaṁvaṇṇo evamāhāro evaṁsukhadukkhappaṭisaṁvedī evamāyupariyanto, so tato cuto amutra udapādiṁ; tatrāpāsiṁ evaṁnāmo evaṅgotto evaṁvaṇṇo evamāhāro evaṁsukhadukkhappaṭisaṁvedī evamāyupariyanto, so tato cuto idhūpapanno”ti, iti sākāraṁ sauddesaṁ anekavihitaṁ pubbenivāsaṁ anussareyyan’ti,
Jika mereka menginginkan: 'Semoga aku mengingat berbagai kehidupan lampau, yaitu: satu kelahiran, dua kelahiran, tiga kelahiran, empat kelahiran, lima kelahiran, sepuluh kelahiran, dua puluh kelahiran, tiga puluh kelahiran, empat puluh kelahiran, lima puluh kelahiran, seratus kelahiran, seribu kelahiran, seratus ribu kelahiran; banyak eon dunia yang menyusut, banyak eon dunia yang mengembang, banyak eon dunia yang menyusut dan mengembang. Semoga aku mengingat: "Di sana aku bernama demikian, margaku demikian, penampilanku demikian, dan itulah makananku. Demikianlah aku merasakan suka dan duka, dan demikianlah akhir hidupku. Setelah meninggal dari tempat itu, aku terlahir kembali di tempat lain. Di sana pun aku bernama demikian, margaku demikian, penampilanku demikian, dan itulah makananku. Demikianlah aku merasakan suka dan duka, dan demikianlah akhir hidupku. Setelah meninggal dari tempat itu, aku terlahir kembali di sini." Demikianlah semoga aku mengingat berbagai kehidupan lampau beserta ciri-ciri dan detailnya.'
If they wish: ‘May I recollect many kinds of past lives. That is: one, two, three, four, five, ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, a hundred, a thousand, a hundred thousand rebirths; many eons of the world contracting, many eons of the world expanding, many eons of the world contracting and expanding. May I remember: “There, I was named this, my clan was that, I looked like this, and that was my food. This was how I felt pleasure and pain, and that was how my life ended. When I passed away from that place I was reborn somewhere else. There, too, I was named this, my clan was that, I looked like this, and that was my food. This was how I felt pleasure and pain, and that was how my life ended. When I passed away from that place I was reborn here.” May I recollect my many past lives, with features and details.’