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## The One Hundred and Fifty-Fifth Chapter
**287**
The first of these is the **Ratnapraba** realm, where, except for its vast expanse, the upper two sections are inhabited by **Bhavana** and **Vyantara** Devas. Below the **Ratnapraba** are six more realms: **Sharkara**-praba, **Baluka**-praba, **Pank**-praba, **Dhuma**-praba, **Tama**-praba, and **Mahatama**-praba, which are all producers of great fear and are filled with intense suffering and perpetual darkness.
These realms are extremely uneven and difficult to traverse, some being as hot as molten iron, while others are filled with intense cold. They are covered in a mixture of fat and blood.
The stench of these realms is a mixture of rotting dogs, snakes, and humans, a truly foul odor.
A powerful wind blows through these realms, carrying with it the causes of various forms of suffering.
Beings who are attached to their senses of taste and touch accumulate karma that makes them heavy like lumps of iron, causing them to fall into these hells.
Those who do not refrain from violence, falsehood, theft, adultery, and attachment are born in these hells, burdened by the weight of their sins.
Humans who are constantly attached to worldly pleasures, driven by their intense karma, fall into these hells.
Beings who commit sins themselves, cause others to commit sins, and approve of sins, become prone to anger and sorrow, and are destined for hell.
Sinners are packed tightly into cells resembling caves, where they are burned by the fires of hell, emitting terrifying cries.
Driven by the fear of burning flames, the inhabitants of hell seek refuge in the **Vaitarani** river, hoping for cool water, and dive into it, abandoning their bodies.
As they dive, they are consumed by intense alkali, causing excruciating pain in their burned bodies. They then flee in terror, like deer, into the **Asipatravana** forest.
There, they gather, seeking shade, but instead find themselves torn apart by swords, arrows, discs, and spears.
They are further tormented by sharp weapons wielded by the trees of hell, which are shaken by a fierce wind.