Viyahapannatti 5.6.248

5.6.248

annautthiyā ṇaṃ bhaṃte! evamātikkhaṃti jāva parūveṃti– se jahānāmae juvatiṃ juvāṇe hattheṇaṃ hatthe geṇhejjā, cakkassa vā nābhī aragāuttā siyā, evāmeva jāva cattāri paṃca joyaṇasayāiṃ bahusamāiṇṇe manuyaloe manussehiṃ|
se kahameyaṃ bhaṃte! evaṃ?
goyamā! jaṇṇaṃ te annautthiyā evamātikkhaṃti jāva bahusamāiṇṇe manuyaloe manussehiṃ| je te evamāhaṃsu, micchaṃ te evamāhaṃsu| ahaṃ puṇa goyamā! evamāikkhāmi jāva parūvemi– se jahānāmae juvatiṃ juvāṇe hattheṇaṃ hatthe geṇhejjā, cakkassa vā nābhī aragāuttā siyā, emāmeva jāva cattāri paṃca joyaṇasayāiṃ bahusamāiṇṇe nirayaloe neraiehiṃ|

"Venerable Sir! Other teachers declare […] up to propound thus: 'Just as a young man might hold a young woman hand in hand, or as the hub of a wheel might be fitted with spokes, in that very manner, up to four or five hundred yojanas, the human world is densely crowded with human beings.'
Venerable Sir, how is that so?"
"Gautama! What those other teachers declare […] up to that the human world is densely crowded with human beings—those who said so, said falsely. But I, Gautama, declare […] up to propound thus: Just as a young man might hold a young woman hand in hand, or as the hub of a wheel might be fitted with spokes, in that very manner, up to four or five hundred yojanas, the hell world is densely crowded with inhabitants of hell."