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124} In wells, ponds, rivers, lakes, square tanks, circular tanks or tanks with lotuses, long tanks, winding tanks, reservoirs, rows of reservoirs, rows of reservoirs with channels, burrows, rows of burrows, mountain springs, waterfalls, pits, puddles, gardens, islands, oceans and all water bodies, there are places. These places are said to be the places of the Badar-Apkayikas. In terms of Uppaat, they are in countless parts of the world, in terms of Samudghaat, they are in countless parts of the world, and in terms of Swasthaan, they are in countless parts of the world. / 152. "Where are the places of the Badar-Apkayikas said to be?" "Gautama! Where the places of the Badar-Apkayikas are said to be, there the places of the Badar-Apkayikas are said to be." In terms of Uppaat, they are in the entire world, in terms of Samudghaat, they are in the entire world, and in terms of Swasthaan, they are in countless parts of the world. / 153. "Where are the places of the Suhum-Apkayikas said to be?" "Gautama! The Suhum-Apkayikas, both the Parayatta and the Aparayatta, are all of one kind, without any distinction, without any difference, and they are said to be all-pervading, O Ayushman Shramano!" The places of the Vivechan-Apkayikas are described in these three Sutras (Sutras 151 to 153). The places of the Badar, Suhum, Parayatta and Aparayatta Apkayikas are described in terms of Swasthaan, Uppaat and Samudghaat. / The words "Ghanodadhivalesu" etc. are explained as follows: "Ghanodadhivalesu" = in the circular areas that surround their respective earth. / "Paayalesu" = in the Paatal Kalashas, such as the mouth of the circular area. / Because in them too, there is a harmonious presence of water in the second part, in the third part, and in all parts.