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[141] The second place, the Dhūmaprabhūpṛthvī, is said to be one hundred and eighteen thousand yojanas thick. After traversing one thousand yojanas upwards from it, and leaving one thousand yojanas below, in the middle, in the region of one hundred and sixteen thousand yojanas, there are three hundred thousand naraka-āvāsa of the narakas of the Dhūmaprabhūpṛthvī. It is said that these narakas are round inside and square outside, and their base is sharp like a knife. They are always enveloped in dense darkness, and they are far from the light of the planets, moon, sun, stars, and other celestial bodies. Their bottoms are covered with a layer of fat, grease, pus, blood, and flesh, and they are smeared with a paste of worms. Therefore, these narakas are extremely impure, disgusting, and foul-smelling. They are like the color of a pigeon, with a blazing fire, and they are hard to touch, unbearable, and inauspicious. In these narakas, there are inauspicious pains. In relation to the upāpāta, they are in an immeasurable part of the loka; in relation to the samudghāta, they are in an immeasurable part of the loka; and in relation to the svathāna, they are also in an immeasurable part of the loka. There, many nairyikas of the Dhūmaprabhūpṛthvī reside, who are black, black-complexioned, with a deep thrill, terrifying, frightening, and extremely dark in color. O venerable Śramaṇa! They are always afraid, always terrified, always terrified of each other, always anxious, and always experience the direct experience of the supreme inauspicious naraka-bhaya, and they live their lives. [172] "Bhagavan! Where (in what region) have you said that the places of the sufficient and insufficient nairyikas of the Dhūmaprabhūpṛthvī are?" [172] "Gautama! Above the Dhūmaprabhūpṛthvī, which is one hundred and eighteen thousand yojanas thick, after traversing one thousand yojanas upwards, and leaving one thousand yojanas below, in the middle, in the region of one hundred and sixteen thousand yojanas, there are five hundred thousand naraka-āvāsa of the narakas of the Dhūmaprabhūpṛthvī, it is said."