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## Third Rebirth: Uppaata [231 (Kharabadar Prithvikaayik) Jivas and Pudgala Decay and are Born, Old Ones Exit and New Ones Arrive / From Dravyathikanaya They are Eternal, But From Varnaparaya, Gandhaparaya, Rasaparaya and Sparshaparaya They are Non-Eternal / This Should be Said Up to the Seventh Earth Downwards.
The question in the present Sutra is that what are the Ratnaprabhaadi Narakas made of? In the answer it is said that they are entirely Vajramaya, that is, made of Vajra. In them, the Kharabadar Prithvikaayik Jivas and Pudgala decay and are born / That is, the previous Jivas exit and new Jivas arrive and are born / Similarly, some Pudgala decay and some new ones arrive and join / This process of coming and going continues there constantly / Despite this, the creation of Ratnaprabhaadi Narakas is eternal. Therefore, from the perspective of Dravyanaya, they are eternal, they were always, they are always and they will always be / In this way, while being eternal from the perspective of Dravya, their Varna, Gandha, Rasa and Sparsha keep changing, from this perspective they are non-eternal. Jain Siddhant believes in the truth from various perspectives / There is no contradiction in this. There is no contradiction in considering something eternal and non-eternal from different perspectives / Syadvad is a completely consistent principle.
Uppaata 86. [1] "From where, O Bhagavan, do the Nairyaik of Ratnaprabha Prithvi come and are born? Are they born from Asanjni Jivas, are they born from Sarisrivas, are they born from Pakshis, are they born from Chaupadas, are they born from Uragas, are they born from Isthiyas, or are they born from Matsyas and Manusyas?" "Gautama! They are born from Asanjni Jivas and also from Matsyas and Manusyas." (Here this gatha is to be followed) _ Asanjni Jivas up to the first Naraka, Sarisrivas up to the second Naraka, Pakshis up to the third Naraka, Singhas up to the fourth Naraka. 1. From Sesas, this gatha is to be followed, and with this desire, this gatha should be chanted.