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## Translation:
**262]** According to the **Prajñāpanā Sūtra**, beings with **Vāikriya-samudghāta** are infinitely more numerous than those with **Māraṇāntika-samudghāta**. This is because an immeasurable portion of the infinite beings in **Nigoda** are always in the state of **Vigraha-gati** and are frequently associated with **Māraṇāntika-samudghāta**.
Beings with **Kaṣāya-samudghāta** are infinitely more numerous than those with **Māraṇāntika-samudghāta**, because even compared to the infinite beings in **Nigoda** who have attained **Vigraha-gati**, an immeasurable number of **Nigoda** beings are always found to be associated with **Kaṣāya-samudghāta**.
Beings with **Vedana-samudghāta** are slightly more numerous than those with **Kaṣāya-samudghāta**, because there are only a few more beings with **Vedana-samudghāta** than the infinite **Nigoda** beings with **Kaṣāya-samudghāta**.
Beings without any **samudghāta** (i.e., those who are not associated with any **samudghāta**) are infinitely more numerous than those with **Vedana-samudghāta**, because compared to beings with **Vedana**, **Kaṣāya**, and **Māraṇāntika-samudghāta**, the **Nigoda** beings alone who are free from **samudghāta** are found to be infinitely more numerous.
Among **Nāraka** beings, the least numerous due to **samudghāta** are those with **Māraṇāntika-samudghāta**, because **Māraṇāntika-samudghāta** occurs only at the time of death, and the number of **Nāraka** beings who die is less than those who are alive. Even among those who die, only a very few have **Māraṇāntika-samudghāta**, not all. Therefore, beings with **Māraṇāntika-samudghāta** are the least numerous.
**Nāraka** beings with **Vāikriya-samudghāta** are infinitely more numerous than those with **Māraṇāntika-samudghāta**, because in each of the seven **Nāraka** realms, such as **Ratna-prabhā**, many **Nāraka** beings constantly engage in **Uttara-vāikriya** to inflict pain on each other.
**Nāraka** beings with **Kaṣāya-samudghāta** are infinitely more numerous than those with **Vāikriya-samudghāta**, because they are always afflicted by **Krodha** (anger) and other **Kaṣāya** (passions).
**Nāraka** beings with **Vedana-samudghāta** are innumerably more numerous than those with **Kaṣāya-samudghāta**, because due to **Kṣetra-janya-vedanā** (pain arising from the body), pain inflicted by **Paramādhāmika** beings, and pain inflicted on each other, many **Nāraka** beings are constantly associated with **Vedana-samudghāta**.
Even compared to these, **Nāraka** beings without any **samudghāta** are innumerably more numerous, because many **Nāraka** beings experience pain even without **Vedana-samudghāta**.
Compared to all these, **Nāraka** beings without any **samudghāta** are the most numerous.
Among **Asura-kumāra** and other **Bhavana-pati** beings, the least numerous due to **samudghāta** are those with **Taijasa-samudghāta**, because only occasionally, when extreme anger arises, does an **Asura-kumāra** experience **Taijasa-samudghāta**.
**Asura-kumāra** and other beings with **Māraṇāntika-samudghāta** are infinitely more numerous than those with **Taijasa-samudghāta**, because **Māraṇāntika-samudghāta** occurs at the time of death.
**Asura-kumāra** and other beings with **Vedana-samudghāta** are infinitely more numerous than those with **Māraṇāntika-samudghāta**, because due to various reasons, such as mutual battles, many **Asura-kumāra** beings experience **Vedana-samudghāta**.
**Asura** beings with **Kaṣāya-samudghāta** and **Vāikriya-samudghāta** are infinitely more numerous than those with **Vedana-samudghāta**.