Visuddhimagga VIII-243

Ito aññaṃ kammaṭṭhānaṃ bhāvetvā arahattaṃ pattassa bhikkhuno hi āyuantaraṃ paricchinnaṃ vā hoti aparicchinnaṃ vā.

然而若修习（安般念业处）以外的其它业处而证阿罗汉的比丘，或能知其寿命的期间，或者不知。

Ñ(VIII,243): When a bhikkhu has attained Arahantship by developing some other meditation subject than this one, he may be able to define his life term or not.

Idaṃ pana soḷasavatthukaṃ ānāpānassatiṃ bhāvetvā arahattaṃ pattassa āyuantaraṃ paricchinnameva hoti.

如果是修习此十六事的安般念而证阿罗汉的比丘，则必定知其寿命的期间。

Ñ: But when he has reached Arahantship by developing this mindfulness of breathing with its sixteen bases, he can always define his life term.

So ‘‘ettakaṃ dāni me āyusaṅkhārā pavattissanti, na ito para’’nti ñatvā attano dhammatāya eva sarīrapaṭijaggananivāsanapārupanādīni sabbakiccāni katvā akkhīni nimīleti koṭapabbatavihāravāsītissatthero viya mahākarañjiyavihāravāsīmahātissatthero viya devaputtamahāraṭṭhe piṇḍapātikatissatthero viya cittalapabbatavihāravāsino dve bhātiyattherā viya ca.

他既得知「我的寿命只能维持这样长，更无多的了」，能够自己作其自然的（沐浴剪发等）身体之事及穿着衣服等的工作，然后闭其眼睛。犹如住在各得山寺的帝须长老、住在摩诃伽楞羯耶寺的大帝须长老、住在天子大园的乞食者帝须长老及住在羯但罗山寺的两兄弟长老相似。

Ñ: He knows, 'My vital formations will continue now for so long and no more'. Automatically he performs all the functions of attending to the body, dressing and robing, etc., after which he closes his eyes, like the Elder Tissa who lived at the Koṭapabbata Monastery, like the Elder Mahā-Tissa who lived at the Mahā-Karañjiya Monastery, like the Elder Tissa the alms-food eater in the kingdom of Devaputta, like the elders who were brothers and lived at the Cittalapabbata monastery.