Viyahapannatti 11.12.525

11.12.525

teṇaṃ kāleṇaṃ teṇaṃ samaeṇaṃ ālabhiyā nāmaṃ nagarī hotthā–vaṇṇao| saṃkhavane ceie–vaṇṇao| tattha ṇaṃ ālabhiyāe nagarīe bahave isibhaddaputtapāmokkhā samaṇovāsayā parivasaṃti–aḍḍhā jāva bahujanassa aparibhūyā abhigayajīvā-jīvā jāva ahāpariggahiehiṃ tavokammehiṃ appāṇaṃ bhāvemāṇā viharaṃti|
tae ṇaṃ tesiṃ samaṇovāsayāṇaṃ annayā kayāi egayao samuvāgayāṇaṃ sahiyāṇaṃ sanniviṭṭhāṇaṃ saṇṇisaṇṇāṇaṃ ayameyārūve mihokahāsamullāve samuppajjitthā–devalogesu ṇaṃ ajjo! devāṇaṃ kevatiyaṃ kālaṃ ṭhitī pannattā?
tae ṇaṃ se isibhaddaputte samaṇovāsae devaṭṭhitī-gahiyaṭṭhe te samaṇovāsae evaṃ vayāsī–devaloesu ṇaṃ ajjo! devāṇaṃ jahanneṇaṃ dasavāsasahassāiṃ ṭhitī pannattā, teṇa paraṃ samayāhiyā, dusamayāhiyā, tisamayāhiyā jāva dasasamayāhiyā, saṃkhejjasamayā-hiyā, asaṃkhejjasamayāhiyā, ukkoseṇaṃ tettīsaṃ sāgarovamāiṃ ṭhitī pannattā| teṇa paraṃ vocchinnā devā ya devalogā ya|
tae ṇaṃ te samaṇovāsayā isibhaddaputtassa samaṇovāsagassa evamāikkhamāṇassa jāva evaṃ parūvemāṇassa eyamaṭṭhaṃ no saddahaṃti no pattiyaṃti no royaṃti, eyamaṭṭhaṃ asaddahamāṇā apattiyamāṇā aroyamāṇā jāmeva disaṃ pāubbhūyā tāmeva disaṃ paḍigayā|

At that time, in that period, there was a city named Ālabhiyā—a description [as before]. There was the Saṅkhavaṇa caitya—a description [as before]. There in the city of Ālabhiyā lived many lay followers headed by Isibhaddaputta—wealthy down to not disregarded by the multitude, who had comprehended the jīva and non-jīva, down to: dwelling while cultivating themselves with the austerities they had undertaken.
Then, once upon a time, as those lay followers had gathered together, assembled, sat down, and were seated together, this sort of mutual conversation arose [among them]: "O noble ones! For what period of time is the lifespan duration of celestial beings in the celestial realms declared?"
Then the lay follower Isibhaddaputta, who had comprehended the matter regarding the lifespan duration of celestial beings, said to those lay followers: "O noble ones! The lifespan duration of celestial beings in the celestial realms is declared to be a minimum of ten thousand years; beyond that, greater by one samaya, greater by two samayas, greater by three samayas, down to greater by ten samayas, greater by numerable samayas, greater by innumerable samayas, and declared to be a maximum of thirty-three sāgaropamas. Beyond that, celestial beings and celestial realms cease."
Then those lay followers, while the lay follower Isibhaddaputta was thus explaining down to thus setting forth, did not believe, did not trust, and did not relish this matter; not believing, not trusting, and not relishing this matter, they returned to the very direction from which they had appeared.