Did Vakkali enter nirvana at the time of death?

V. Vakkali is sick : > "Are you feeling better, Vakkali? Are you bearing up? Are your pains > getting better and not worse? Are there signs that they are getting > better and not worse?" > > "No, Lord, I do not feel better, I am not bearing up. I have severe > pains, and they are getting worse, not better. There is no sign of > improvement, only of worsening." > > "Have you any doubts, Vakkali? Have you any cause for regret?" > > "Indeed, Lord, I have many doubts. I have much cause for regret." > > "Have you nothing to reproach yourself about as regards morals?" > > "No, Lord, I have nothing to reproach myself about as regards morals." > > "Well then, Vakkali, if you have nothing to reproach yourself about as > regards morals, you must have some worry or scruple that is troubling > you." Later: > Then the Blessed One went with a large number of monks to the Black > Rock on the slope of Isigili. From afar he saw Ven. Vakkali lying dead > on a couch. Now, at that time a smokiness, a darkness was moving to > the east, moving to the west, moving to the north, the south, above, > below, moving to the intermediate directions. The Blessed One said, > “Monks, do you see that smokiness, that darkness…?” > > “Yes, lord.” > > “That’s Māra, the Evil One. He’s searching for the consciousness of > Vakkali the clansman: ‘Where is the consciousness of Vakkali the > clansman established?’ But, monks, through unestablished > consciousness, Vakkali the clansman has totally unbound.” — SN 22:87 Where is the story between these?