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## The Thirty-Fourth Chapter: The Nature of the Thirty-Fourth Chapter
**2032.** The Thirty-Fourth Chapter's meaning is as follows: (1) The nature of the *anantara-āhara* (immediate food), (2) the consumption of food, (3) the inability of *pudgalas* to know, (4) *adhyavasāna* (determination), (5) the attainment of *samyaktva* (right faith), (6) the *pariyāraṇa* (care) related to the body, touch, form, sound, and mind, and (7) the scarcity of those who practice *pariyāraṇa* related to the body, etc.
**223-224.** (1) The *anantara-āhara* is the immediate food, (2) the consumption of food is the act of eating, (3) *pudgalas* are not aware, (4) *adhyavasāna* is the determination, (5) the attainment of *samyaktva* is the achievement of right faith, (6) *pariyāraṇa* is the care related to the body, touch, form, sound, and mind, and (7) the scarcity of those who practice *pariyāraṇa* related to the body, etc.
**Discussion:** The Thirty-Fourth Chapter discusses the following topics through two *sangrahaṇī-gāthās*: (1) The nature of the *anantara-āhara* for hell beings, etc., (2) Whether their consumption of food is *ābhōgajanita* (arising from consumption) or *anābhōgajanita* (not arising from consumption), (3) Whether hell beings, etc., are aware of the *pudgalas* they consume as food, (4) The *adhyavasāna* of hell beings, etc., (5) The attainment of *samyaktva* by hell beings, etc., (6) The discussion of the objects of perception, such as sound, etc., and the *pariyāraṇa* related to the body, touch, form, sound, and mind, (7) The scarcity of those who practice *pariyāraṇa* related to the body, etc.
**2033.** "Venerable Sir, are hell beings *anantara-āhara* (immediate food)? After that, is there the *nivṛttaṇa* (emergence) of their body? Then, is there the *pariyādāna* (receiving)? Then, is there the *pariṇāmana* (transformation)? Then, is there the *pariyāraṇa* (care)? And then, is there the *viuvṛttaṇa* (disintegration)?"
"Yes, my dear, hell beings are *anantara-āhara* (immediate food). After that, there is the *nivṛttaṇa* (emergence) of their body. Then, there is the *pariyādāna* (receiving). Then, there is the *pariṇāmana* (transformation). Then, there is the *pariyāraṇa* (care). And then, there is the *viuvṛttaṇa* (disintegration)."
**1. Explanation:** (From *Pramaẏabōdhinī Ṭākā*, *Bhāṣya* 5, p. 817)