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## Chapter 40: The Scattering of Eager Rejection
The author will answer the four questions with seven verses. The disciple asks:
1. What is the bad state of the gods (deva-durgati)?
2. What is the state of being unenlightened (abodhi)?
3. How is it that death is accepted again and again, even though it is burdened with the weight of the middle world (madhya-samagata-bharavada-kame)?
4. What is the reason for the endless journey (ananta-para) in the world?
**Note:** Ananta-para can also be interpreted as "the time that has no end" (apara-kala).
**The disciple asks the four questions:**
1. What is the bad state of the gods?
2. What is the state of being unenlightened (abodhi-durgalhata)?
3. How is it that death is accepted again and again, even though it is burdened with the weight of the middle world (madhya-samagata-bharavada-kame)?
4. What is the reason for the endless journey (ananta-para) in the world?
**The disciple asks the four questions:**
1. What is the bad state of the gods (kadeva)?
**The answer:**
The bad state of the gods is the attachment to the sensual pleasures (kandarpa-devakilbisha-abhiyoga), the demonic delusion (asuri-sammoha), and the separation from the true self (marana-virahit).
**Explanation of the first question:**
The author explains that the gods who are attached to sensual pleasures (kandarpa-atthahasa-hasana, kandarpa-karanashila, kandarpa-kandarpa-chideva, kandarpa-deva) will be reborn in a similar state. This is based on the saying "Those who die in pleasure will be reborn in pleasure."
**Examples of the bad state of the gods:**
1. **Laughing and joking:** The gods who laugh and joke (kahakah-kahassa-hasana) are attached to sensual pleasures (kandarpa-anihu-a-yallava).
2. **Talking about sensual pleasures:** The gods who talk about sensual pleasures (kandarpa-kaha-kahana) are attached to the world (kandarpa-uvasa-samsaya).
3. **Being attached to sensual pleasures:** The gods who are attached to sensual pleasures (kandarpa-kukku-yaim, sila-sahava-hasana-vighahaim) are deluded (vimha-avanto) and think about sensual pleasures (kandarpa-bhavana-kunai).
4. **Being attached to the body:** The gods who are attached to the body (bhuna-yana-vayana-dasana-tthaehi, kara-charana-kannama-ai-him) are attached to the world (ta-ta-karei-jah-jah-hasai-para-attano-ahasamiti).