Viyahapannatti 7.1.328

7.1.328

teṇaṃ kāleṇaṃ teṇaṃ samaeṇaṃ jāva evaṃ vadāsī–jīve ṇaṃ bhaṃte! kaṃ samayamaṇāhārae bhavai?
goyamā! paḍhame samae siya āhārae siya anāhārae, bitie samae siya āhārae siya anāhārae, tatie samae siya āhārae siya anāhārae, cautthe samae niyamā āhārae| evaṃ daṃḍao–jīvā ya egiṃdiyā ya cautthe samae, sesā tatie samae|
jīve ṇaṃ bhaṃte! kaṃ samayaṃ savvappāhārae bhavati?
goyamā! paḍhamasamayovavannae vā carimasamayabhavatthe vā, ettha ṇaṃ jīve savvappāhārae bhavati| daṃḍao bhāṇiyavvo jāva vemāṇiyāṇaṃ|

At that period, at that time, […] he spoke as follows: "Venerable Sir, at which moment is a living being without nourishment?" / "Gautama, at the first moment it may take nourishment or may be without nourishment; at the second moment it may take nourishment or may be without nourishment; at the third moment it may take nourishment or may be without nourishment; at the fourth moment it necessarily takes nourishment. Thus the series of categories: for living beings in general and one-sensed beings, at the fourth moment; for the rest, at the third moment." / "Venerable Sir, at which moment is a living being consuming the least nourishment?" / "Gautama, either when newly born in the first moment or when situated in the state of existence in the final moment; in these cases, a living being consumes the least nourishment. The series of categories is to be spoken up to the celestial beings."