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## Third Chapter: Udvartana
**[251]** Are they born in the Nairyikas, or in the Tiryanchikas? Thus, Udvartana should be said as it is said in the Vyutkrantipad of Prajnapanasutra, here also it should be said up to the seventh earth below.
**Discussion:** In this Sutra, it is said that the state of Nairyikas and the subject of Udvartana should be known according to the Prajnapanasutra. What is said in the Prajnapanasutra needs to be mentioned here. That statement is as follows:
The name of the earth, the lowest state, the highest state, Ratnaprabha, Sharkaraprabha, Balakaprabha, Pankaprabha, Dhumaprabha, Tamasprabha, Tamas-tamas-prabha, ten thousand years, one Sagaropama, three Sagaropama, seven Sagaropama, ten Sagaropama, seventeen Sagaropama, twenty-two Sagaropama, one Sagaropama, three Sagaropama, seven Sagaropama, ten Sagaropama, seventeen Sagaropama, thirty-three Sagaropama.
According to the Prastata, there are 13 Prastatas of Ratnaprabha, their state is as follows:
**Prastata** | **Lowest State** | **Highest State**
------- | -------- | --------
First Prastata | Ten thousand years | Ninety thousand years
Second Prastata | Ten lakh years | Ninety lakh years
Third Prastata | Ninety lakh years | Purva-koti Sagaropama's tenth part
Fourth Prastata | Purva-koti Sagaropama's tenth part | Sagaropama's two-tenths
Fifth Prastata | Sagaropama's two-tenths | Sagaropama's three-tenths
Sixth Prastata | Sagaropama's three-tenths | Sagaropama's four-tenths
Seventh Prastata | Sagaropama's four-tenths | Sagaropama's five-tenths
Eighth Prastata | Sagaropama's five-tenths | Sagaropama's six-tenths
Ninth Prastata | Sagaropama's six-tenths | Sagaropama's seven-tenths
Tenth Prastata | Sagaropama's seven-tenths | Sagaropama's eight-tenths
Eleventh Prastata | Sagaropama's eight-tenths | Sagaropama's nine-tenths
Twelfth Prastata | Sagaropama's nine-tenths | Sagaropama's ten-tenths (i.e. full one Sagaropama)
Thirteenth Prastata | One Sagaropama | Three Sagaropama
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