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## Third Multiplicity of Statements [277]
The number of beings in the upper and intermediate realms is greater than in the lower and intermediate realms, because there are more beings who touch these two realms through rebirth or migration. The number of beings in the lower and intermediate realms is greater than in the upper realm, because there are more beings who touch these two realms through intense rebirth or migration. The number of beings in the upper realm is greater than in the lower realm, because there are the abodes of the Vaimanika Devas. The number of beings in the lower realm is greater than in the upper realm because there are the abodes of the Nairyaika Devas. The number of beings in the intermediate realm is countless times greater than in the lower realm, because there is an abundance of Sammucchima, aquatic, aerial, etc., beings, as well as Vyantara and Jyotishka Devas, and Sammucchima humans. In the same way, one should consider the scarcity of beings with five senses.
Beings with five senses are the fewest in the upper realm, because there are mostly Vaimanika Devas residing there. The number of beings in the upper and intermediate realms is countless times greater than in the lower realm, because there is movement and interaction between the Jyotishka Devas, Vyantara Devas, and five-sensed beings in the intermediate realm, and the Vaimanika, Vyantara, Jyotishka, and Vidyaadhara-Chaarana-Munis, and five-sensed beings in the intermediate realm, in the upper and intermediate realms. Therefore, these two realms are touched. The number of beings who touch all three realms is greater than in the upper and intermediate realms, because when the Bhavanapati, Vaana Vyantara, Jyotishka, and Vaimanika Devas, and the Vidyaadhara Devas in the lower realm, perform special efforts and migrate with great force, and expand their realms in the upper realm, they touch all three realms. Therefore, they are said to be in the category of "multiplicity." The number of beings in the lower and intermediate realms is greater than those who touch all three realms. Many Vyantara Devas, being close to their own realm, touch the Bhavanapati, intermediate realm, or upper realm, because the Vyantara, Jyotishka, and Vaimanika Devas in the lower realm, interact with the villages in the lower realm, or travel for play in the lower realm. Also, some five-sensed beings in the intermediate realm are close to their own realm, and some five-sensed beings in the intermediate realm reside there, therefore, these two realms are touched. Therefore, they are said to be in the category of "multiplicity." The number of beings in the lower realm is greater than in the lower and intermediate realms, because there are the abodes of the Nairyaika and Bhavanapati Devas. The number of beings in the intermediate realm is countless times greater than in the lower realm, because there are the abodes of five-sensed beings in the intermediate realm, humans, Jyotishka, and Vyantara Devas.
The scarcity of the five stationary beings, starting with the Earth-bodied beings, should be understood separately. The technical, insufficient, and sufficient beings of the Earth-bodied beings, etc., total 15 categories. The scarcity mentioned in these 15 categories should be understood according to the previously mentioned one-sensed beings. The scarcity of beings with a body should be understood in the same way as the five-sensed beings, for the technical, insufficient, and sufficient beings with three bodies.
## Twenty-Fifth Bond Door: Scarcity of Beings Bound by the Karma of Lifespan
325. "Thus, Venerable Sir! Of the beings, which are bound by the taste of karma, which are managers, which are born, which are not born, which are asleep, which are awake, which are confused, which are not confused, which have knowledge of the senses, which do not have knowledge of the senses, which are householders, which are not householders, which are many, which are few, which are equal, which are different?"
1. Prajnaapana Sutra, Malaya. Vritti, pages 151 to 154
2. Ibid., Malaya. Vritti, page 155