Uttarajjhayana 211.22.p1.247

211.22.p1.247

saṃsāratthā ya siddhā ya | iya jīvā viyāhiyā /
rūviṇo cevarūvī ya | ajīvā duvihā vi ya ||247||

In the fifth (Graivêyika region) (a) is twenty-seven Sâgarôpamâs, (b) twenty-six. (237)
In the sixth (Graivêyika region) (a) is twenty-eight Sâgarôpamâs, (b) twenty-seven. (238)
In the seventh (Graivêyika region) (a) is twenty-nine Sâgarôpamâs, (b) twenty-eight. (239)
In the eighth (Graivêyika region) (a) is thirty Sâgarôpamâs, (b) twenty-nine. (240)
In the ninth (Graivêyika region) (a) is thirty-one Sâgarôpamâs, (b) thirty. (241)
In the four heavens (of the Anuttara gods), beginning with Vigaya, (a) is thirty-three Sâgarôpamâs, (b) thirty-one. (242)
In the great Vimâna Sarvârtha(siddha) there is no difference between the longest and shortest duration of life, but it is always thirty-three Sâgarôpamâs. (243)
The longest and shortest duration of the gods' (continuance in the same kind of) body is equal to that which has been given for their life. (244, 245, 246 = 159, 160)
We have described the Living Beings, the worldly and the perfected ones, and we have described the Lifeless Things, those possessing form and those without form. (247)
Having thus learned (the nature of) living beings and lifeless things which is in accordance with the principles of reasoning, and believing in it, a sage should delight in self-control. (248)
After having lived as a Sramana many years, a sage should mortify himself by the following religious exercises. (249)
The longest duration of the mortification is twelve years; the middle, one year; and the shortest, six months. (250)