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[Thirty-sixth Chapter] [263] The number of Kumaras, etc., increases progressively in proportion to the number of their predecessors. The Asura Kumaras, etc., are innumerable times more than them, and are not comparable to them. The Nagakumaras, etc., up to the Stanitakumaras, should be understood in the same way as the Asura Kumaras, etc., as stated by the Bhavanapati Devas.
The number of Earth-bodied beings, etc., with four senses, is less than the number of those who experience the various types of Samudghata, with the least number being those who experience the Maranantak Samudghata. There are four Earth-bodied beings (excluding the Air-bodied beings) who experience the Maranantak Samudghata, because this Samudghata occurs only at the time of death, and even then, it occurs only in some and not in others. The Earth-bodied beings who experience the Kashaya Samudghata should be understood in the same way as the Earth-bodied beings who experience the Maranantak Samudghata, as explained earlier. The Earth-bodied beings who experience the Vedana Samudghata are more numerous than those who experience the Maranantak Samudghata, and the Earth-bodied beings, etc., who do not experience any of these Samudghata are innumerable times more than them.
Among the Air-bodied beings, the least number are those who experience the Vaikriya Samudghata, because the Air-bodied beings who have attained Vaikriya are very few. The Air-bodied beings who experience the Maranantak Samudghata are innumerable times more than them, because the Maranantak Samudghata can occur in all Air-bodied beings, whether they have attained Vaikriya or not, whether they are Parayapta, Aparayapta, Badara, or Sukshma. The Air-bodied beings who experience the Kashaya Samudghata are innumerable times more than those who experience the Maranantak Samudghata, and the Air-bodied beings who experience the Vedana Samudghata are more numerous than those who experience the Kashaya Samudghata. The Air-bodied beings who do not experience any of these Samudghata are innumerable times more than all of them, because the Air-bodied beings who are in their natural state are naturally innumerable times more than those who experience all the Samudghata.
Among the beings with two senses, etc., the least number are those who experience the Maranantak Samudghata, because only those with two senses who are in the state of Prati-niyat are found to experience the Maranantak Samudghata at the time of death. The beings with two senses who experience the Vedana Samudghata are innumerable times more than them, because the Vedana Samudghata occurs in a large number of beings with two senses due to contact with cold, heat, etc. The beings with two senses who experience the Kashaya Samudghata are numerous times more than those who experience the Vedana Samudghata, because the Kashaya Samudghata occurs in a large number of beings with two senses due to the Kashayas of greed, etc. The beings with two senses who do not experience any of these Samudghata are numerous times more than all of them, as explained earlier.
The beings with three senses and four senses should be understood in the same way as the beings with two senses, in terms of the number of those who experience the various types of Samudghata and those who do not.
Among the five-sensed Tiryanchas, the least number are those who experience the Taijasa Samudghata, because the attainment of Taijasa is very rare. The five-sensed Tiryanchas who experience the Vaikriya Samudghata are innumerable times more than them, because the attainment of Vaikriya is relatively more common. The five-sensed Tiryanchas who experience the Maranantak Samudghata are innumerable times more than those who experience the Vaikriya Samudghata, because the Maranantak Samudghata occurs in all five-sensed Tiryanchas, whether they have attained Vaikriya or not, including the submerged aquatic animals, terrestrial animals, and aerial animals, who are in a state of Sammuchchhima. The Maranantak Samudghata is more common than the Vaikriya Samudghata in these beings. 1. Prajnapana, Malayavritti, Abhidhana Ratnakosa, Bha. 7, p. 446 2. (a) Ibid., Malayavritti, Pra. Ra. Kosa, Bha. 7, p. 446 (b) Prajnapana, (Pramaayabodhini Tika), Bha. 5, pp. 1921-1923 3. (a) Ibid., Bha. 5, pp. 1923-1924 (b) Prajnapana, Malayavritti, Abhidhana Ratnakosa, Bha. 7, p. 447