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Thirty-sixth Chapter of the Discourse [239 [Q.] O Bhagavan! How many future Kevali-Samudghātas are there? [A.] Gautama! They are infinite. [Q.] O Bhagavan! How many Kevali-Samudghātas of humans are there in the past? [A.] Gautama! There are some and there are none. If there are, then the lowest are one, two or three and the highest are one hundred separate. [Q.] O Bhagavan! How many are their future Kevali-Samudghātas said to be? [A.] Gautama! Some are countable and some are uncountable. / Discussion - The description of Vedana-Samudghāta etc. in relation to the multitude in Naraka etc. - The Vedana-Samudghātas of Narakas have been infinite in the past, because many Narakas have passed through infinite time, which has come out of the stock of actions. Their future Samudghātas are also infinite, because many Narakas will remain in the world for infinite time. The Vedana-Samudghātas of Asura-Kumāra etc. Bhavanapatis, Prithvi-Kāyika etc. Ekendriyas, Vikalendriyas, Tiryanch-Panchendriyas, humans, Vāṇavyantaras, Jyotishkas and Vaimānikas are also infinite in the past and future. Like Vedana-Samudghāta, the statement of Kashaya, Māranāntika, Vaikriya and Taijasa Samudghāta should also be understood. All of these should be described in the plural form in twenty-four Dandakas. The past Āhāraka-Samudghāta of Narakas is uncountable. This means that although all Narakas are uncountable, yet there are some uncountable Narakas who have already done Āhāraka-Samudghāta in the past, in relation to them, the past Āhāraka-Samudghāta of Narakas is said to be uncountable. Similarly, the future Āhāraka-Samudghāta of Narakas should also be understood as uncountable by the above mentioned logic. Except for Vanaspati-Kāyikas and humans, the past and future Āhāraka-Samudghāta in the remaining Dandakas up to Vaimānika is uncountable as before. The past Āhāraka-Samudghāta of Vanaspati-Kāyikas is infinite in relation to the plural. Because there are infinite Vanaspati-Kāyika beings who had the knowledge of fourteen pasts in the past, but due to being under the influence of negligence, they have increased in the world and are present in the Vanaspati-Kāyikas. The future Āhāraka-Samudghāta of Vanaspati-Kāyikas is also infinite, because out of the beings who are in the Vanaspati-Kāya at the time of the question, infinite beings will come out of the Vanaspati-Kāyikas and attain human birth, obtain the knowledge of fourteen pasts, do Āhāraka-Samudghāta and attain Siddhi. The past and future Āhāraka-Samudghāta of humans is possibly countable and possibly uncountable in relation to the plural. This means that the number of regions in an area the size of a fingertip, including Samūcchima and Garbhaja humans, is the third root of the first square root multiplied by 1. Prajñāpanā. Malaya-Vṛtti, A. Rā. Koṣa, Bhā. 7, p. 438