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## Thirty-sixth Chapter of the Samudghāta Pada
[259] Gotama! Among the Asura-kumāras, those who are bound by the Tejas-samudghāta are the least, those bound by the Māranantika-samudghāta are countless times more, those bound by the Vedana-samudghāta are countless times more than those bound by the Māranantika-samudghāta, those bound by the Kaṣāya-samudghāta are countless times more than those bound by the Vedana-samudghāta, those bound by the Vaikriya-samudghāta are countless times more than those bound by the Kaṣāya-samudghāta, and those who are not bound are countless times more than those bound by the Vaikriya-samudghāta.
[2127-1 Pr.] Bhagavan! Among these Asura-kumāras, who are bound by the Vedana-samudghāta, Kaṣāya-samudghāta, Māranantika-samudghāta, Vaikriya-samudghāta, and Tejas-samudghāta, and who are not bound, who are the least, who are the most, who are equal, and who are superior?
[2127-1 U.] Gotama! The least are those Asura-kumāras who are bound by the Tejas-samudghāta, those bound by the Māranantika-samudghāta are countless times more than them, those bound by the Vedana-samudghāta are countless times more than those bound by the Māranantika-samudghāta, those bound by the Kaṣāya-samudghāta are countless times more than those bound by the Vedana-samudghāta, those bound by the Vaikriya-samudghāta are countless times more than those bound by the Kaṣāya-samudghāta, and those who are not bound are countless times more than those bound by the Vaikriya-samudghāta.
[2] And so on, up to the Thanika-kumāras.
[2127-2] In the same way, one should know (the statement) from the Nāga-kumāras up to the Stanita-kumāras.
2128. [1] Bhante! Among the Pṛthvīkāyikas, who are bound by the Vedana-samudghāta, Kaṣāya-samudghāta, Māranantika-samudghāta, and who are not bound, who are the least, who are the most, who are equal, and who are superior?
[2128-1 Pr.] Bhagavan! Among these Pṛthvīkāyikas, who are bound by the Vedana-samudghāta, Kaṣāya-samudghāta, and Māranantika-samudghāta, and who are not bound, who are the least, who are the most, who are equal, and who are superior?
[2128-1 U.] Gotama! The least are those Pṛthvīkāyikas who are bound by the Māranantika-samudghāta, those bound by the Kaṣāya-samudghāta are countless times more than them, those bound by the Vedana-samudghāta are superior to those bound by the Kaṣāya-samudghāta, and those who are not bound are countless times more than those bound by the Vedana-samudghāta.
[2] And so on, up to the Vanaspatikāyikas. It is special that among the Vāyukāyikas, the least are those who are bound by the Vaikriya-samudghāta, those bound by the Māranantika-samudghāta are countless times more than them, those bound by the Kaṣāya-samudghāta are countless times more than those bound by the Māranantika-samudghāta, those bound by the Vedana-samudghāta are superior to those bound by the Kaṣāya-samudghāta, and those who are not bound are countless times more than those bound by the Vedana-samudghāta.