Viyahapannatti 20.8.798

20.8.798

jahā ṇaṃ bhaṃte! jaṃbuddīve dīve bhārahe vāse imīse vāse osappiṇīe devānuppiyāṇaṃ ekkavīsaṃ vāsasahassāiṃ titthe anusajjissati,
tahā ṇaṃ bhaṃte! jaṃbuddīve dīve bhārahe vāse āgamessāṇaṃ carimatitthagarassa kevatilaṃ kālaṃ titthe anusajjissati?
goyamā! jāvatie ṇaṃ usabhassa arahao kosaliyassa jiṇapariyāe evaiyāiṃ saṃkhejjāiṃ āgame-ssāṇaṃ carimatitthagarassa titthe anusajjissati|

"Just as, Venerable Sir, in the continent of Jambūdvīpa, in the region of Bhārata, in this descending half-cycle, your tirth, Beloved of the Gods, will endure for twenty-one thousand years, so, Venerable Sir, in the continent of Jambūdvīpa, in the region of Bhārata, for how much time will the tirth of the last tīrthaṅkara of the future endure?"
"Gautama! As long as the monastic duration of the arhat Ṛṣabha of Kośala was, for that many numerable [years] will the tirth of the last tīrthaṅkara of the future endure."