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[Thirty-sixth Samudyatapad] (261) Gotama! The number of humans who are bound by the Paharaka-samudghāt is countless, the number of humans who are bound by the Kevali-samudghāt is countless, the number of humans who are bound by the Tejas-samudghāt is countless, the number of humans who are bound by the Vaikriya-samudghāt is countless, the number of humans who are bound by the Māranantika-samudghāt is innumerable, the number of humans who are bound by the Vedana-samudghāt is innumerable, the number of humans who are bound by the Kasaya-samudghāt is countless, and the number of humans who are not bound by any of these is innumerable. [2131] Question: O Bhagavan! Among humans who are bound by Vedana-samudghāt, Kasaya-samudghāt, Māranantika-samudghāt, Vaikriya-samudghāt, Tejas-samudghāt, Paharaka-samudghāt, and Kevali-samudghāt, who are fewer, who are more, who are equal, and who are superior? / [2131] Answer: Gotama! The fewest are those who are bound by the Āhāraka-samudghāt. Those who are bound by the Kevali-samudghāt are countless times more than them. Those who are bound by the Tejas-samudghāt are countless times more than them. Those who are bound by the Vaikriya-samudghāt are countless times more than them. Those who are bound by the Māranantika-samudghāt are innumerable times more than them. Those who are bound by the Vedana-samudghāt are innumerable times more than them. And those who are bound by the Kasaya-samudghāt are countless times more than them. And those who are not bound by any of these are innumerable times more than all of them. / 2132. (The statement about the relative abundance of the different samudghāts) is like the Asura-kumāras, the Vāṇamantara-Jyotishi-Vēmaṇiya. [2132] The reason for the relative abundance of the different samudghāts is that those who are bound by the Āhāraka-samudghāt are the fewest because the duration of the Āhāraka-śarīra is said to be six months. / Therefore, they may not even exist at some times. / When they do exist, they are only one, two, or three in number, or at most a thousand. Furthermore, the Āhāraka-samudghāt occurs only at the beginning of the Paharaka-śarīra, not at other times. Therefore, those who are bound by the Paharaka-samudghāt are also said to be few. Those who are bound by the Kevali-samudghāt are countless times more than those who are bound by the Āhāraka-samudghāt because they exist in hundreds at a time. Those who are bound by the Tejas-samudghāt are innumerable times more than them because the Tejas-samudghāt is found in the five-sense Tiryanchas, humans, and the four types of Devas. Those who are bound by the Vaikriya-samudghāt are innumerable times more than them because the Vaikriya-samudghāt is found in the Narakas, Vāyu-kāyikas, five-sense Tiryanchas, humans, and Devas. The Vāyu-kāyika beings who have attained Vaikriya are innumerable times more than the Devas, and the Vāyu-kāyika beings who are capable of flying are innumerable times more than the terrestrial five-sense Tiryanchas, and the terrestrial five-sense Tiryanchas are innumerable times more than the Devas. / Therefore, those who are bound by the Vaikriya-samudghāt should be understood to be innumerable times more than those who are bound by the Tejas-samudghāt.