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[234] [Prajñāpanasūtra [2095-1 u.] Gautama! They belong to some and not to some. For those who have (pratiita āhārakasamudghāta), even their least are one or two and the best are three / [Pra.] Bhagavan! How many future samudghāta are there for each naraka? [U.] Gautama! They belong to some and not to some. For those who have, their least are one, two or three and the best are four samudghāta. [2] And continuously up to the Vaimānika. Especially, for a human being, the past and future naraka (past and future āhārakasamudghāta) are the same. [2995-2] In the same way (from Asurakumāras to) up to the Vaimānika, it should be said. The special thing is that the past and future naraka (past and future āhārakasamudghāta) of a human being are the same. 2066. [1] Bhagavan! How many past Kevalisamudghāta have there been for each naraka? [2066-1 u.] Gautama! (There are not even one past Kevalisamudghāta for even one naraka) / [Pra.] Bhagavan! How many future (Kevalisamudghāta) are there for (each naraka)? [U.] Gautama! Some (naraka) have (future Kevalisamudghāta), some do not. For those who have, they have only one / [2] And up to the Vaimānika. Especially, for a human being, the past is not there or is there / For those who have, they have only one / And the future also / _ [2096-2] In the same way, up to the Vaimānika (the statement regarding past and future Kevalisamudghāta should be made). The special thing is that some human beings have past Kevalisamudghāta, some do not. For those who have, they have only one. In the same way (like the past Kevalisamudghāta of a human being), the future (Kevalisamudghāta) should also be known. Discussion—How many pratiita-anāgata samudghāta are there for each being?–In the present chapter, the number of vedanādi samudghāta that have happened in the past and will happen in the future for each being is described in the order of twenty-four dandakas. (1) Vedanāsamudghāta—Each naraka has experienced infinite vedanāsamudghāta, because the narakadi places are infinite. Each naraka-place has been attained infinite times and at the time of attaining a naraka-place once, a naraka has experienced vedanāsamudghāta many times. This statement should be understood from the point of view of abundance. Many beings have experienced infinite time from the avyāvahāra-rāśi