The Long Āgama Sūtra 15.17

15.17

「時，善宿即往詣究羅帝所，說言：『彼沙門瞿曇記汝：却後七日當腹脹命終，生起屍餓鬼中，死已以葦索繫抴於塚間。』善宿復白：『汝當省食，勿使彼言當也。』梵志！當知時究羅帝至滿七日腹脹而死，即生起屍餓鬼中，死屍以葦索繫抴於塚間。爾時，善宿聞佛語已，屈指計日，至七日已，時，善宿比丘即往至裸形村中，到已，問其村人曰：『諸賢！究羅帝今何所在？』報曰：『已取命終。』問曰：『何患命終耶？』答曰：『腹脹。』問曰：『云何殯送？』答曰：『以葦索繫抴於塚間。』

“Sunakṣatra then visited Khoradattika and told him, ‘The ascetic Gautama has predicted that in seven days your belly will swell up, and you’ll die. You’ll be born as a corporeal hungry ghost, and you’ll be dragged to a cemetery with a reed cord after you die.’

“Sunakṣatra also said, ‘You should examine your food to prevent what he says from happening.’

“Wanderer, you should know that when seven days had passed, Khoradattika’s belly swelled up, and he died. He was then born as a corporeal hungry ghost. When that corpse died, he was dragged to the cemetery with a reed cord.

“After Sunakṣatra heard what I said, he counted the days on his fingers. When the seventh days arrived, the monk Sunakṣatra went to the naked ascetic’s village. Upon arriving, he asked the villagers, ‘Good men, where is Khoradattika?’

“They replied, ‘His life has ended.’

“He asked, ‘What trouble caused his life to end?’

“They answered, ‘His belly swelled up.’

“He asked, ‘How was his body moved?’

“They answered, ‘He was dragged to the cemetery with a reed cord.’