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144 After this, in the endless succession of previous times. 42. In hells, secondarily. 43. For ten thousand years in the first phase. 44. In the evolutionary stages. 45. And among the obstinate beings. 46. The foremost being like a drop. 47. Of the more luminous ones. 48. One among the planets. 49. Half among the constellations. 50. A quarter among the stars. 51. A minimal fraction among the lowest. 52. A quarter among the rest. 53. 1 The foremost being like a drop - S. R. Sloka. 2 Among the more luminous ones - S. R. Sloka. 3. Note: The verses 50-51 mentioned here are not present in the Dī. text. 4 The minimal fraction is also present - S. R. Sloka. The filling in of the verses that are not in the Dī. text can be found in the version of the Vārtika of this same verse. 5 S. R. Sloka does not mention the other final verse regarding the eight oceans resembling all worldly beings. 42 is what it states. However, it is not mentioned in the Sloka.