Viyahapannatti 9.32.451

9.32.451

teṇaṃ kāleṇaṃ teṇaṃ samaeṇaṃ vāṇiyaggāme nāmaṃ nayare hotthā–vaṇṇao| dūtipalāsae ceie| sāmī samosaḍhe| parisā niggayā| dhammo kahio| parisā paḍigayā|
teṇaṃ kāleṇaṃ teṇaṃ samaeṇaṃ pāsāvaccijje gaṃgee nāmaṃ anagāre jeṇeva samaṇe bhagavaṃ mahāvīre teṇeva uvāgacchai, uvāgacchittā samaṇassa bhagavao mahāvīrassa adūrasāmaṃte ṭhiccā samaṇaṃ bhagavaṃ mahāvīraṃ evaṃ vadāsī–
saṃtaraṃ bhaṃte! neraiyā uvavajjaṃti? niraṃtaraṃ neraiyā uvavajjaṃti?
gaṃgeyā! saṃtaraṃ pi neraiyā uvavajjaṃti, niraṃtaraṃ pi neraiyā uvavajjaṃti|
saṃtaraṃ bhaṃte! asurakumārā uvavajjaṃti? niraṃtaraṃ asurakumārā uvavajjaṃti?
gaṃgeyā! saṃtaraṃ pi asurakumārā uvavajjaṃti, niraṃtaraṃ pi asurakumārā uvavajjaṃti| evaṃ jāva thaṇiyakumārā|
saṃtaraṃ bhaṃte! puḍhavikkāiyā uvavajjaṃti? niraṃtaraṃ puḍhavikkāiyā uvavajjaṃti?
gaṃgeyā! no saṃtaraṃ puḍhavikkāiyā uvavajjaṃti, niraṃtaraṃ puḍhavikkāiyā uvavajjaṃti| evaṃ jāva vaṇassaikāiyā| beiṃdiyā jāva vemāṇiyā ete jahā neraiyā|

At that time, in that period, there was a city named Vāṇiyaggāma—[to be described as in the standard] description. [There was] the Dūtipalāsa caitya. The Lord arrived. The assembly came out. Dharma was taught. The assembly returned.
At that time, in that period, a homeless ascetic named Gāṅgeya, a follower of Pārśva, went to where the Śramaṇa, the Blessed Mahāvīra was. Having approached, standing neither too far nor too near the Śramaṇa, the Blessed Mahāvīra, he spoke thus to the Śramaṇa, the Blessed Mahāvīra:
“Venerable Sir, do inhabitants of hell take birth with an interval, [or] do inhabitants of hell take birth without an interval?”
“Gāṅgeya! Inhabitants of hell take birth with an interval as well, and inhabitants of hell take birth without an interval as well.”
“Venerable Sir, do Asurakumāras take birth with an interval, [or] do Asurakumāras take birth without an interval?”
“Gāṅgeya! Asurakumāras take birth with an interval as well, and Asurakumāras take birth without an interval as well. Likewise up to the Stanitakumāras.”
“Venerable Sir, do earth-bodied [souls] take birth with an interval, [or] do earth-bodied [souls] take birth without an interval?”
“Gāṅgeya! Earth-bodied [souls] do not take birth with an interval; earth-bodied [souls] take birth without an interval. Likewise up to plant-bodied [souls]. Two-sensed [beings] up to Vaimānikas are just like the inhabitants of hell.”