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## Third Multi-Statement Difficulty [241 - [252 U.] Gautama! 1. The least numerous beings are those with manoyoga, 2. (compared to them) beings with vachanayoga are countless times more, 3. (compared to them) ayogi are infinite times more, 4. (compared to them) kayayogi are infinite times more, and 5. (compared to them) sayogi are especially numerous. - Fifth Door // 1 //
**Discussion - Fifth Yoga Door:** The consideration of the relative abundance of beings in relation to yogas - this section (252) discusses the relative abundance of sayogi, ayogi, manoyogi, vachanayogi, and kayayogi. The least numerous beings are those with manoyoga, because only beings with sufficient knowledge have manoyoga, and they are few. Compared to them, beings with vachanayoga are countless times more, because beings with two senses or more, who have vachanayoga and knowledge, are countless times more. Compared to them, ayogi are infinite times more, because Siddha beings are infinite. Compared to them, beings with kayayoga are infinite times more, because even just the beings with plant-like bodies are infinite compared to Siddhas. Although infinite Nigoda beings have one body, they all take in food and other things through that same body, so there is no obstacle to their being infinite in number because they all have kayayoga. Compared to them, sayogi are generally especially numerous, because sayogi include beings with two senses up to five senses.
## Sixth Veda Door: Relative Abundance of Beings in Relation to Vedas 253. Thus, O Venerable One! Among these beings with vedas (savadi), female-veda (strivedi), male-veda (purushavedi), neuter-veda (napunsakavedi), and without vedas (avedi), which are less, which are more, which are equal, and which are especially numerous? Gotama! 1. The least numerous beings are those with male-veda (purushavedi), 2. (compared to them) those with female-veda (strivedi) are countless times more; 3. (compared to them) those without vedas (avedi) are infinite times more, 4. (compared to them) those with neuter-veda (napunsakavedi) are infinite times more, and 5. (compared to them) those with vedas (savadi) are especially numerous. Sixth Door // 6 //
**Discussion - Sixth Veda Door:** The consideration of the relative abundance of beings in relation to vedas - this section (253) discusses the relative abundance of beings through the Veda Door. The least numerous are those with male-veda (purushavedi), because male-veda is found only in sentient beings with animal bodies, humans, and gods. Compared to them, beings with female-veda (strivedi) are countless times more, because the Jivaabhigamsutra states: "There are three times more female animals than male animals, and three more; and there are twenty-seven times more human females than human males, and twenty-seven more; and there are thirty-two times more goddesses than gods, and thirty-two more." Compared to them, those without vedas (Siddhas) are infinite times more, because all beings who are without female-veda, male-veda, and neuter-veda, from the upper part of the ninth guna-sthana onwards, and all Siddha beings, are called avedi, and Siddha beings are infinite. Compared to those without vedas (avedi), those with neuter-veda (napunsakavedi) are infinite times more, because beings in hell, those with one sense, etc., are all napunsakavedi.