With his mind thus concentrated purified  bright unblemished free from defects pliant malleable steady  attained to imperturbability he directs  inclines it to knowledge of the recollection of past lives He recollects his manifold past lives ie one birth two births three births four five ten twenty thirty forty fifty one hundred one thousand one hundred thousand many aeons of cosmic contraction many aeons of cosmic expansion many aeons of cosmic contraction  expansion There I had such a name belonged to such a clan had such an appearance 