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## Third Multi-Statement Difficulty [209]
**Due to the presence of the Gautama Island, there is a scarcity of water, and due to the scarcity of water, the plant-bodied beings are also less. Plant-bodied beings are more abundant in the east than in the west, because there is more water in the east due to the absence of the Gautama Island. They are more abundant in the south than in the east, because there is an abundance of water due to the absence of the Chandra-Surya Island. (6) The scarcity of two-sensed beings - The fewest two-sensed beings are in the west, because there is less water due to the presence of the Gautama Island, and due to the scarcity of water, there are fewer conch-like two-sensed beings. They are more abundant in the east, because there is an abundance of water due to the absence of the Gautama Island, and therefore there are more conch-like two-sensed beings. They are even more abundant in the south, because there is more water due to the absence of the Chandra-Surya Island, and therefore there are more conch-like beings. In the north, there is an abundance of water due to the presence of the Manasarovar, therefore two-sensed beings are more abundant there. (7) The scarcity of three-sensed beings - Earthworm, ant, etc., three-sensed beings are dependent on the abundance of water, like the conch-like beings, due to their being subordinate to them. Therefore, the solution to their scarcity should also be understood in the same way as that of the two-sensed beings. (8) The scarcity of four-sensed beings - Bumblebees, etc., four-sensed beings are also mostly dependent on lotus, etc., and lotus (aquatic) being water-born, the scarcity and abundance of four-sensed beings also depends on the scarcity and abundance of water. Therefore, the explanation of their scarcity should also be understood in the same way as that of the two-sensed beings. (8) The scarcity of hell beings - There are the fewest hell beings in the east, west, and north, because there are fewer Pushpavakirna hell realms in these directions, and they are mostly limited in extent. There are countless times more hell beings in the south than in these directions, because there is an abundance of Pushpavakirna hell realms in the south, and they are mostly countless yojanas in extent. In addition, the birth of Krishnapakshika beings is very high in the south. There are two types of beings in the world - Krishnapakshika and Shuklapakshika. Those whose world (cycle of birth and death) is only a little less than half the pudgala transformation are Shuklapakshika, and those whose world (cycle of birth and death) is much more than that are Krishnapakshika. Shuklapakshika (limited-world) beings are few, while Krishnapakshika beings are very numerous. These cruel-acting and long-world-wandering beings are naturally born in the south. Mostly, cruel-acting, bhavasiddhika beings are also born in the places of hell beings, animals, humans, and asuras, etc., located in the south. (10) The scarcity of Ratnaprabha, etc., hell beings - Hell beings from the first hell realm called Ratnaprabha to the seventh hell realm called Tamas-Tamas-Prabha are the fewest in the east, west, and north, but they are countless times more in the south. The reason for this has been explained earlier. (11) The mutual scarcity of beings in the seven hell realms - Hell beings in the east, west, and north of the seventh hell earth are countless times fewer than the hell beings in the south of this earth. The reason for this has been explained earlier. Hell beings in the east, north, and west of the sixth hell earth (Tamas-Prabha) are countless times more than the hell beings in the south of the seventh hell earth. The reason for this is that the most sinful, conscious, five-sensed animals and humans in the world are in the seventh...**