Viyahapannatti 5.5.241

5.5.241

chaumatthe ṇaṃ bhaṃte! manūse tīyamanaṃtaṃ sāsayaṃ samayaṃ kevaleṇaṃ saṃjameṇaṃ, kevaleṇaṃ saṃvareṇaṃ, kevaleṇaṃ baṃbhaceravāsenaṃ, kevalāhiṃ pavayaṇamāyāhiṃ sijjhiṃsu? bujjhiṃsu? mucciṃsu? parinivvāiṃsu? savva-dukkhāṇaṃ aṃtaṃ kariṃsu?
goyamā! no iṇaṭṭhe samaṭṭhe| jahā paḍhamasae cautthuddese ālāvagā tahā neyavvā jāva alamatthu tti vattavvaṃ siyā|

“Venerable Sir, in the past infinite, eternal time, did non-omniscient humans attain perfection, become enlightened, become liberated, attain final extinction, and make an end of all suffering solely through self-restraint, solely through restraint, solely through living the life of celibacy, [and] solely through the mothers of the doctrine?”
“Gautama, this meaning is not tenable. As in the fourth uddeśaka of the first śataka, the readings are to be understood up to the statement ‘enough’.”