I actually tried to find the patthanā reference but cannot (the grammar must be different than the famous chant). I heard it was written in the middle ages. I learned this at Na-Uyana and chant this almost everyday. Ironically, I got this unicode text from SBS which is now a Buddhavacana EBT monastery
Recently, I told my teacher that this is the last life that we can learn the proper Dhamma. I told him about this daily chant (along with Dullabho ovāda) and why I prefer Na-Uyana over Pa-Auk chanting. The answer is no aspirations are in Pa-Auk chanting which is strange since it is one of the few places that teaches proper dependent origination (in practice).
Evening Chanting Pali-English[Na-Uyana].pdf (544.9 KB)
Iminā puññakammena
By this meritorious action
Mā me bālasamāgamo
May I not associate with fools
Sataṁ samāgamo hotu
With the wise may I associate
Yāva nibbānapattiyā
Until the attainment of nibbāna
(ehem… a reason why classicaltheravada.org exists)
In short the Vissudhimagga explains this in the 5th method. However, even though it is tempting, one should only wish for the requisites for Nibbāna rather than a specific life to attain Nibbāna. Unconsciously, you will be wishing a new and specific life though. Be careful what you wish for, you might just get it.
That said, the intelligence of the Deva realm dwarfs that of the humans and there are sure to be Enlightened beings there (like Sakka). Some have doubts about enlightenment existing in the Human Realm today, but there are explanations of why there are Ariyas still existing in the human realm today.
If you look at Dhammacakkappavattanasuttaṃ you will notice that only one human attained the first level of enlightenment, but countless Brahmas and Devas attained.