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## First Understanding: Description of Earth Body [35 U.]
Gautama! They consume both one-quality rough and infinite-quality rough. Thus, one should know up to the rough touch.
**Question:** Venerable Sir! Do they consume the touch of self-regions or the touch of non-self-regions?
**Answer:** Gautama! They consume the touch of self-regions, not the touch of non-self-regions.
**Question:** Venerable Sir! Do they consume the dense pudgalas in self-regions or the non-dense pudgalas?
**Answer:** Gautama! They consume the dense pudgalas in self-regions, not the non-dense pudgalas.
**Question:** Venerable Sir! Do they consume the immediately dense pudgalas or the traditionally dense pudgalas?
**Answer:** Gautama! They consume the immediately dense pudgalas, not the traditionally dense pudgalas.
**Question:** Venerable Sir! Do they consume the pudgalas with a small amount or the pudgalas with a large amount?
**Answer:** Gautama! They consume both the pudgalas with a small amount and the pudgalas with a large amount.
**Question:** Venerable Sir! Do they consume the pudgalas located above, below, or diagonally?
**Answer:** Gautama! They consume the pudgalas located above, the pudgalas located below, and the pudgalas located diagonally.
**Question:** Venerable Sir! Do they consume the pudgalas located at the beginning, middle, and end?
**Answer:** Gautama! They consume the pudgalas located at the beginning, the pudgalas located in the middle, and the pudgalas located at the end.
**Question:** Venerable Sir! Do they consume the pudgalas suitable for them or the pudgalas unsuitable for them?
**Answer:** Gautama! They consume the pudgalas suitable for them, not the unsuitable pudgalas.
**Question:** Venerable Sir! Do they consume the pudgalas that are close in sequence or the pudgalas that are distant in sequence?
**Answer:** Gautama! They consume the pudgalas that are close in sequence, not the pudgalas that are distant in sequence.
**Question:** Venerable Sir! Do they consume the pudgalas located in three directions, four directions, five directions, and six directions?
**Answer:** Gautama! If there is no obstruction, they consume the pudgalas in all six directions. If there is obstruction, they consume the pudgalas located in three directions, sometimes four directions, and sometimes five directions.
Generally, these living beings consume pudgalas that are black, blue, up to white in color. They consume pudgalas that are fragrant, foul-smelling in smell, bitter, up to sweet in taste, rough, soft, up to oily-rough in touch.