Viyahapannatti 14.1.597

14.1.597

rāyagihe jāva evaṃ vayāsī–anagāre ṇaṃ bhaṃte! bhāviyappā caramaṃ devāvāsaṃ vītikkaṃte, paramaṃ devāvāsamasaṃpatte, ettha ṇaṃ aṃtarā kālaṃ karejjā, tassa ṇaṃ bhaṃte! kahiṃ gatī? kahiṃ uvavāe pannatte?
goyamā! je se tattha paripassao tallesā devāvāsā, tahiṃ tassa gatī, tahiṃ tassa uvavāe pannatte| se ya tattha gae virāhejjā kammalessāmeva paḍipaḍati, se ya tattha gae no virāhejjā, tāmeva lessaṃ uvasaṃpajjittāṇaṃ viharai|

In Rājagṛha […] he spoke thus: “Venerable Sir, if a self-cultivated homeless ascetic has surpassed the last celestial abode and not yet reached the supreme celestial abode, and dies in between there, Venerable Sir, where is his destiny declared to be? Where his rebirth?”
“Gautama, celestial abodes of that lesyā which are around there in the vicinity, there is his destiny declared to be, there his rebirth. If he, having gone there, should impair [it], he falls back to karma-lesyā; but if he, having gone there, should not impair [it], he dwells having entered into that very lesyā.”