Viyahapannatti 17.6

17.6.709

"Venerable Sir, when an earth-bodied being undergoes samudghāta on this Ratnaprabhā earth, and having undergone samudghāta is destined to be reborn as an earth-bodied being in the Saudharma realm: Venerable Sir, does it first take rebirth and then take nourishment, or does it first take nourishment and then take rebirth?"
"Gautama! Either it takes rebirth first and then takes nourishment, or it takes nourishment first and then takes rebirth."
"For what reason, [Venerable Sir, can it be either taking rebirth first and then taking nourishment, or taking nourishment first and] then taking rebirth?"
"Gautama! Earth-bodied beings are declared to have three kinds of samudghāta, namely: sensation-samudghāta, passion-samudghāta, and death-samudghāta. Undergoing death-samudghāta, it undergoes it either partially or wholly. When undergoing it partially, it first takes nourishment and then takes rebirth; when undergoing it wholly, it first takes rebirth and then takes nourishment. For that reason, [Gautama, it is said: either taking rebirth first and then taking nourishment, or taking nourishment first and] then taking rebirth."
"Venerable Sir, when an earth-bodied being undergoes samudghāta on this Ratnaprabhā earth, and having undergone samudghāta is destined to be reborn as an earth-bodied being in the Īśāna realm?" Exactly the same in Īśāna as well. Thus up to Acyuta, the Graiveyaka abodes, the Anuttara abodes, and Īṣatprāgbhārā, exactly the same.
"Venerable Sir, when an earth-bodied being undergoes samudghāta on the Śarkarāprabhā earth, and having undergone samudghāta is destined to be reborn as an earth-bodied being in the Saudharma realm?" Just as the rebirth of an earth-bodied being from the Ratnaprabhā earth was stated, so too the rebirth of an earth-bodied being from the Śarkarāprabhā earth is to be stated, up to Īṣatprāgbhārā. Just as the account was given for the Ratnaprabhā earth, so too [for an earth-bodied being] undergoing samudghāta down to the Seventh Nether Earth and taking rebirth up to Īṣatprāgbhārā, the rest is just the same.
"That is so, Venerable Sir! That is so, Venerable Sir!"