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[273] There are many more women in the lower realms and the realm of the animals than in the upper realms. This is because many women are born in the lower realms from the realm of the animals, or from other realms, or are born in the lower realms as women from the realm of the animals. Many of them, while residing in the lower realms, also touch the two realms mentioned above. Such women are far more numerous than the women in the two realms mentioned above. Even more numerous than these are the women in the upper realms (in the realm called the upper realm). This is because many students go to the forests of Saumanas, etc., for play. They are also more numerous than those in the lower realms because they are more prevalent there. They are also more numerous than those in the realm of the animals because the area there is also much larger, and they are also native to that realm. (4) Of the beings in the realm of the gods, the fewest are in the highest realm of the gods, because only the gods of the aerial class reside there, and they are few. And those gods who are the lords of the mansions, etc., who go to Mount Mandara, etc., on the occasion of the birth festivals of the Tirthankaras, etc., are also few. Therefore, the fewest gods are in the highest realm. There are countless times more gods in the two realms called the upper realm and the realm of the animals. These two realms are close to the gods of the stars, and therefore they are their native realms. In addition, the lords of the mansions, the gods of the intermediate space, and the gods of the stars go to Mount Sumeru, etc. Or the gods of the kalpas of Sudharma, etc., come and go to their own places. Or the gods who are born in the form of gods in the heavenly realms of Sudharma, etc., who are experiencing the enjoyment of the divine air, when they go to their place of origin, they touch the two realms mentioned above. Such gods are countless times more numerous than the gods mentioned above. There are many times more gods in the three realms (those who touch the three realms) than these. This is because the lords of the mansions, the gods of the intermediate space, the gods of the stars, and the aerial gods, when they perform the great act of liberation with special effort, touch all three realms. They are many times more numerous than the gods who touch the two realms mentioned above. There are many times more gods who touch the two realms called the lower realm and the realm of the animals than these. This is because these two realms are close to the lords of the mansions and the gods of the intermediate space, and therefore they are their native realms. And many lords of the mansions who reside in their own mansions go to and fro in the realm of the animals, they ascend, and they perform the great act of liberation. Or the five-sensed animals or humans who are in the realm of the animals are born as lords of the mansions, and they experience the enjoyment of the life of a lord of the mansions, then they touch the two realms mentioned above. Such beings are said to be many times more numerous because they are many. There are many times more gods in the lower realm than these, because the lower realm is the native realm of the lords of the mansions. There are many times more gods who reside in the realm of the animals than these, because the realm of the animals is the native realm of the gods of the stars and the gods of the intermediate space. The scarcity of goddesses - The scarcity of goddesses should also be understood in general like the thread of the gods. The scarcity of the lords of the mansions, etc., and the goddesses - (1) The fewest lords of the mansions are in the upper realm. This is because some lords of the mansions go to the heavenly realms of Sudharma, etc., from the influence of their companions in their previous lives. Many go to Mount Meru on the occasion of the birth festivals of the Tirthankaras, etc., and to the mountains of Anjana, Dadhimukha, etc., on the occasion of the eight-day festivals, and many go to Mandara, etc., for play. But all of these are few, therefore the fewest lords of the mansions are in the upper realm. 1. Prajñāpanā. Malaya. Vṛtti, pages 146 to 148.