Traverse the long road through thousands of millions of ages.
253. They are not born in hell, nor in the space between the worlds;
They do not become ghosts consumed by hunger, thirst, and want,
And they do not become small animals, even though born to sorrow.
254. When born among men they are not blind by birth,
They are not hard of hearing, they are not classed among the dumb.
255. They do not become women; among hermaphrodites and eunuchs
They are not found,—these men destined to Buddhahood.
256. Free from the deadly sins, everywhere pure-living,
They follow not after vain philosophy, they perceive the working of Karma.