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[Thirty-sixth Chapter] [255. Q.] O Bhagavan! How many are the future (Kevali-Samudghāt) of (humans)? [A.] Gautama! They are perhaps countable and perhaps uncountable. [4] And these twenty-four Danda-kas should be told in accordance with the question, as far as the Vaimanika-s in the Vaimanika-parāya. [2124-4] Thus, in these twenty-four Danda-kas, by enacting twenty-four Danda-kas, as per the question, as far as the Vaimanika-s in the Vaimanika-parāya, it should be said. / The discussion of the past and future Vedana-ādi Samudghāt of each Nairāyika-ādi in their Nairāthika-ādi parāya was done earlier in relation to the multiplicity. Now, the discussion of the past and future Vedana-ādi Samudghāt is being done in relation to the multiplicity, while staying in the respective parāya of Naraka-ādi. (1) The past Vedana-Samudghāt are infinite while staying in the Naraka-parāya of the five Vedana-ādi Samudghāt-Naraka-s, because many Naraka-s have passed through an infinite period of time, which has come out of the Avyavahāra-rāśi. Similarly, their future Vedana-Samudghāt are also infinite, because many of the Naraka-s who are in the present time will be born again in Naraka for an infinite number of times. The Vedana-Samudghāt are said to be in the Naraka-parāya of the Naraka-s, in the same way, in the Bhavanapati-parāya of Asura-kumāra-ādi, in the Ekaindriya-parāya of Pṛthvīkāyika-ādi, in the Vikalendriya-parāya, in the Pañcendriya-tiryañc-parāya, in the Manusya-parāya, in the Vāṇavyantara-parāya, in the Jyotiṣka-parāya, and in the Vaimanika-parāya, that is, while staying in all these parāya-s, the past and future Vedana-Samudghāt of the Naraka-s are infinite. Like the Naraka-s, the past and future Vedana-Samudghāt of the Asura-kumāra-ādi Bhavanapati-s to the Vaimanika-s, while staying in the Naraka-parāya to the Vaimanika-parāya, should be told. That is, like the Naraka-s, the past and future Vedana-Samudghāt of all beings in their own place and in other places (in twenty-four Danda-kas) should be told. / Thus, the speakers of the Vedana-Samudghāt related to the plural are a total of 1056. Like the Vedana-Samudghāt, the past and future Kṣaya, Māranāntika, Vaikriya, and Tejas-Samudghāt should also be told from the Naraka-s to the Vaimanika-s and from the Naraka-parāya to the Vaimanika-parāya in twenty-four Danda-kas. Thus, each of the Kṣaya-Samudghāt, etc., also has 1056 speakers. Special information - The Samudghāt which are possible in which (where) should be told as the past and future Samudghāt, using the application, that is, keeping in mind. / This means that the Samudghāt which are not possible in which (where) should not be told in that (where). / This is explained by saying - Uvaujjīūṇ yanvṁ, jass'asthi veuvṁviy-teyaga- That is, the Vaikriya and Tejas-Samudghāt should be told only in those Naraka-ādi where they are possible. They should not be told in Pṛthvīkāyika-ādi, because they are not possible in them. / Past and future