“Seven mendicants reborn in Aviha have been freed. With the complete ending of greed and hate, they’ve crossed over clinging to the world.”

“Who are those who’ve crossed the bog, Death’s dominion so hard to pass? Who, after leaving behind the human body, have risen above celestial yokes?”

“Upaka and Palagaṇḍa, and Pukkusāti, these three; Bhaddiya and Bhaddadeva, and Bāhudanti and Piṅgiya. They, after leaving behind the human body, have risen above celestial yokes.”

“You speak well of them, who have let go the snares of Māra. Whose teaching did they understand to cut the bonds of rebirth?”

“None other than the Blessed One! None other than your instruction! It was your teaching that they understood to cut the bonds of rebirth.

Where name and form cease with no residue left behind; understanding this teaching, they cut the bonds of rebirth.”