Viyahapannatti 11.2.500

11.2.500

palāse ṇaṃ bhaṃte? egapattae kiṃ egajīve? anegajīve?
evaṃ uppaluddesagavattavvayā aparisesā bhāṇiyavvā, navaraṃ–sarīrogāhaṇā jahanneṇaṃ aṃgulassa asaṃkhejjaibhāgaṃ, ukkoseṇaṃ gāuyapuhattā| devehiṃto na uvavajjaṃti|
lesāsu–te ṇaṃ bhaṃte! jīvā kiṃ kaṇhalessā? nīlalessā? kāulessā?
goyamā! kaṇhalesse vā nīlalesse vā kāulesse vā–chavvīsaṃ bhaṃgā, sesaṃ taṃ ceva|
sevaṃ bhaṃte! sevaṃ bhaṃte! tti|

"Venerable Sir, is a single-leaved palāśa [tree] one jīva or many jīvas?"
In this way, the entire exposition of the water lily chapter should be spoken, with this difference: the body's spatial extension is at minimum an innumerable part of an aṅgula, at maximum a few gavyūtis; they are not reborn from among celestial beings.
Regarding lesyās: "Venerable Sir, are those jīvas of black lesyā, blue lesyā, or grey lesyā?"
"Gautama, [they are] of black lesyā, or blue lesyā, or grey lesyā—there are twenty-six combinations; the rest is just the same."
"That is so, Venerable Sir! That is so, Venerable Sir!"