Viyahapannatti 6.10.323

6.10.323

neraiyā ṇaṃ bhaṃte! je poggale attamāyāe āhāreṃti taṃ kiṃ āyasarīrakhettogāḍhe poggale attamāyāe āhāreṃti? anaṃtarakhettogāḍhe poggale attamāyāe āhāreṃti? paraṃparakhettogāḍhe poggale attamāyāe āhāreṃti?
goyamā! āyasarīrakhettogāḍhe poggale attamāyāe āhāreṃti, no anaṃtarakhettogāḍhe poggale attamāyāe āhāreṃti, no paraṃparakhettogāḍhe poggale attamāyāe āhāreṃti|
jahā neraiyā tahā jāva vemāṇiyāṇaṃ daṃḍao|

"Venerable Sir, regarding the matter that inhabitants of hell consume by taking it to themselves: do they consume matter that occupies the space of their own body by taking it to themselves? Do they consume matter that occupies the immediately adjacent space by taking it to themselves? Or do they consume matter that occupies the non-adjacent space by taking it to themselves?" / "Gautama, they consume matter that occupies the space of their own body by taking it to themselves; they do not consume matter that occupies the immediately adjacent space by taking it to themselves, nor do they consume matter that occupies the non-adjacent space by taking it to themselves." / As for inhabitants of hell, so also the series of categories up to the celestial beings.