Although he passed into nirvana at the age of eighty-one, he could have lived "for an eon or until the end of the eon" if only he had been asked to do so."
Nakuba sekudlule ku Nirvana eneminyaka engu-amashumi ayisishiyagalombili nanye, aphile "kuze kube sekupheleni Aeon," uma ucelwa ukuba wenze njalo.