Viyahapannatti 1.7.82

1.7.82

deve ṇaṃ bhaṃte! mahiḍḍhie mahajjuie mahabbale mahāyase mahesakkhe mahānubhāve aviukkaṃtiyaṃ cayamāṇe kiṃcikālaṃ hirivattiyaṃ dugaṃchāvattiyaṃ parīsahavattiyaṃ āhāraṃ no āhārei| ahe ṇaṃ āhārei āhāri-jjamāṇe āhārie, pariṇāmijjamāṇe pariṇāmie, pahīne ya āue bhavai| jattha uvavajjai taṃ āuyaṃ paḍisaṃvedei, taṃ jahā–tirikkhajoṇiyāuyaṃ vā, manussāuyaṃ vā?
haṃtā goyamā! deveṇaṃ mahiḍḍhie mahajjuie mahabbale mahāyase mahesakkhe mahānubhāve aviukkaṃtiyaṃ cayamāṇe kiṃcikālaṃ hirivattiyaṃ dugaṃchāvattiyaṃ parīsahavattiyaṃ āhāraṃ no āhārei| ahe ṇaṃ āhārei āhārijjamāṇe āhārie, pariṇāmijjamāṇe pariṇāmie, pahīne ya āue bhavai| jattha uvavajjai taṃ āuyaṃ paḍisaṃvedei, taṃ jahā–tirikkhajoṇiyāuyaṃ vā manussāuyaṃ vā|

"Venerable Sir! When a deva of great psychic power, great splendor, great strength, great fame, great happiness, and great majesty is falling [from heaven] without losing consciousness, does he, for a short time, not take nourishment out of shame, disgust, and hardship, and then take nourishment, which, being taken, is nourished, and being transformed, is transformed; and when his lifespan is exhausted, does he experience the lifespan where he is reborn, that is to say, either the lifespan of an animal-womb or the lifespan of a human?"
"Yes, Gautama! When a deva of great psychic power, great splendor, great strength, great fame, great happiness, and great majesty is falling [from heaven] without losing consciousness, he, for a short time, does not take nourishment out of shame, disgust, and hardship, and then takes nourishment, which, being taken, is nourished, and being transformed, is transformed; and when his lifespan is exhausted, he experiences the lifespan where he is reborn, that is to say, either the lifespan of an animal-womb or the lifespan of a human."