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## Prajñāpanā Sūtra:
Because multiplying one sāgara by thirty-three sāgaras results in thirty-three sāgaras, conversely, a hell with the state of thirty-three sāgaras is innumerably times greater in number than a hell with the state of one sāgara. Similarly, one hell has a state of ten thousand years, while another hell has a state of thirty-three sāgaras. Multiplying ten thousand by an innumerable number of times results in thirty-three sāgaras. Therefore, the hell with a state of ten thousand years is innumerably times greater in state than the hell with a state of thirty-three sāgaras, while the hell with a state of thirty-three sāgaras is innumerably times greater in state than the former.
**Regarding the state of being greater or lesser in hells:**
1. **Based on the variations of color like black, etc.:** The state of being greater or lesser in color, smell, taste, and touch is described based on the arising of the audayika bhāva (arising state) from the pudgala-vipāki nāmakarma (karma that affects the body). For example, compared to the variations of black color, one hell is infinitely less, innumerably less, or numerically less than another hell, or it is numerically greater, innumerably greater, or infinitely greater. If it is greater, then it is greater by an infinite part, an innumerable part, or a numerical part, or it is numerically greater, innumerably greater, or infinitely greater. This is the six-fold state of being greater or lesser. In this six-fold state of being greater or lesser, the one that is infinitely less than the other should be understood as being less than the one obtained by dividing by the infinite number of all living beings. The one that is innumerably less than the other should be understood as being less by the amount obtained by dividing by the innumerable number of loka-ākāśa-pradeśa (regions of space). The one that is numerically less than the other should be understood as being less than the one obtained by dividing by the utkriṣṭa-saṅkhyaka (highest number). In the number of multiplications, the one that is multiplied by the saṅkhyeya (number to be multiplied) should be understood as being equal to the amount obtained by multiplying the utkriṣṭa-saṅkhyaka by the (product) amount obtained. The one that is innumerably greater than the other should be multiplied by the amount equal to the innumerable number of loka-ākāśa-pradeśa, and the amount obtained by multiplying should be understood as being equal to that. The one that is infinitely greater than the other should be multiplied by the infinite number of all living beings, and the number obtained by multiplying should be understood as being equal to that. Similarly, the six-fold state of being greater or lesser between one hell and another should be determined based on the variations of blue, etc. Similarly, one hell is greater or lesser than another hell based on the variations of good smell and bad smell. This should also be understood as before. One hell is greater or lesser than another hell based on the variations of bitter, etc. taste. Similarly, there is a state of being greater or lesser based on the variations of rough, etc. touch. This should be understood.
2. **Based on the variations of the state of being destroyed or pacified:** Based on the variations of the three types of knowledge (mati, etc.), the three types of ignorance (mati-ajñāna, etc.), and the three types of vision (cakṣu-darśana, etc.), one hell is lesser, greater, or equal to another hell. Their state of being greater or lesser should also be understood according to the six-fold state of being greater or lesser, like the state of being greater or lesser based on the variations of color, etc. The meaning is that just as hells are called six-fold based on the audayika bhāva arising from the pudgala-vipāki nāmakarma, similarly, the state of being greater or lesser in hells based on the destruction or pacification of the jīva-vipāki jñāna-āvarṇīya, etc. karmas should be understood.