Viyahapannatti 11.12.527

11.12.527

bhaṃteti! bhagavaṃ goyame samaṇaṃ bhagavaṃ mahāvīraṃ vaṃdai namaṃsai, vaṃdittā namaṃsittā evaṃ vayāsī–pabhū ṇaṃ bhaṃte! isibha-ddaputte samaṇovāsae devānuppiyāṇaṃ aṃtiyaṃ muṃḍe bhāvittā agārāo anagāriyaṃ pavvaittae?
no iṇaṭṭhe samaṭṭhe goyamā! isibhaddaputte samaṇovāsae bahūhiṃ sīlavvaya-guṇa-veramaṇa-paccakkhāṇa-posahovavāsehiṃ ahāpariggahiehiṃ tavokammehiṃ appāṇaṃ bhāvemāṇe bahūiṃ vāsāiṃ samaṇovāsagapariyāgaṃ pāuṇihiti, pāuṇittā māsiyāe saṃlehaṇāe attāṇaṃ jjhūsehiti, jjhūsettā saṭṭhiṃ bhattāiṃ anasanāe chedehiti, chedettā āloiya-paḍikkaṃte samāhipatte kālamāse kālaṃ kiccā sohamme kappe aruṇābhe vimāne devattāe uvavajjihiti| tattha ṇaṃ atthegatiyāṇaṃ devāṇaṃ cattāri paliovamāiṃ ṭhitī pannattā| tattha ṇaṃ isibhaddaputtassa vi devassa cattāri paliovamāiṃ ṭhitī bhavissati|
se ṇaṃ bhaṃte! isibhaddaputte deve tāo devalogāo āukkhaeṇaṃ bhavakkhaeṇaṃ ṭhiikkhaeṇaṃ anaṃtaraṃ cayaṃ caittā kahiṃ gacchihiti? kahiṃ uvavajjihiti?
goyamā! mahāvidehe vāse sijjhihiti bujjhihiti muccihiti pariṇivvāhiti savvadukkhāṇaṃ aṃtaṃ kāhiti|
sevaṃ bhaṃte! sevaṃ bhaṃte! tti bhagavaṃ goyame jāva appāṇaṃ bhāvemāṇe viharai|

Addressing him as “Venerable Sir!”, the venerable Gautama paid homage and bowed to Śramaṇa Lord Mahāvīra, and having paid homage and bowed, said thus: “Is the lay follower Ṛṣibhadraputra capable, Venerable Sir, of being tonsured before the beloved of the gods and renouncing the household life for the homeless state?”
“This meaning is not competent, Gautama! The lay follower Ṛṣibhadraputra, purifying his soul with many moral vows, supplementary vows, abstentions, renunciations, and poṣadha-fasts, and with undertaken austere penances, will live for many years in the state of a lay follower. Having lived thus, he will emaciate himself by a one-month saṃlekhanā; having emaciated himself, he will terminate sixty meals through fasting; having terminated them, having confessed and repented, having attained spiritual composure, and having died when his time is completed, he will be reborn as a deity in the Aruṇābha celestial abode in the Saudharma heaven. There, a lifespan duration of four palyopamas is declared for some deities; there, the lifespan duration of the deity Ṛṣibhadraputra will also be four palyopamas.”
“Venerable Sir, when that deity Ṛṣibhadraputra departs from that heavenly realm at the exhaustion of his lifespan, the exhaustion of his realm, and the exhaustion of his duration, immediately after departing, where will he go? Where will he be reborn?”
“Gautama! In the realm of Mahāvideha he will attain perfection, attain enlightenment, be liberated, attain complete nirvāṇa, and put an end to all suffering.”
“So it is, Venerable Sir! So it is, Venerable Sir!” said the venerable Gautama […] and dwelt purifying his soul.