8.9.1 But then Maghavan, even before reaching the righteous, saw this danger: "Just as, indeed, that one, the bodily self, is well-ornamented when this body is well-ornamented, well-dressed when this is well-dressed, adorned when this is adorned, even so that one is blind when this is blind, lame when this is lame, maimed when this is maimed. It perishes immediately upon the perishing of this body. I see nothing enjoyable in this."

8.9.2 Fuel in hand, back again he came. Then the teacher said to him: "Desiring what, O Maghavan, have you come back again, since you along with Virocana went forth with tranquil heart?"

Then he said: "Just as, indeed, that one, the bodily self, is well-ornamented when this body is well-ornamented, well-dressed when this is well-dressed, adorned when this is adorned, even so it is blind when this is blind, lame when this is lame, maimed when this is maimed. It perishes immediately upon the perishing of this body. I see nothing enjoyable in this."

8.9.3 "It is even so, O Maghavan," said he. "However, I will explain this further to you. Live with me thirty-two years more."

Then he lived with him thirty-two years more.

To him the teacher then said: