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[458] [Prajapana Sutra 635] The Garbhaja Manusya, Panat, Pranat, Parana, Achyuta, (nine) Veyak, (five) Anuttaroupapathika Deva; all these are born in numbers ranging from one, two, or three at the lowest, and countless at the highest. / [635] Garbhaja Manusya, Panat, Pranat, Parana, Achyuta, (nine) Veyak, (five) Anuttaroupapathika Deva; all these are born in numbers ranging from one, two, or three at the lowest, and countless at the highest. / [636] "Bhagavan! How many Siddhas attain Siddhi at one time?" / [636] "Gautama! They attain Siddhi in numbers ranging from one, two, or three at the lowest, and one hundred and eight at the highest." / [637] "Bhagavan! How many Nairyika are liberated (die and leave) at one time?" / [637] "Gautama! They are liberated (die) in numbers ranging from one, two, or three at the lowest, and countless at the highest." / [638] Just as it has been said about the Upapat, in the same way, it should be said about the liberation of the Siddhas and the Anuttaroupapathika Devas. / It is important to note that for the Jyotishka and Vaimanika Devas, the term 'chyavan' should be used (instead of liberation). - Fourth Ekasamaya Dvara / / 4 / / Discussion - Fourth Ekasamaya Dvara: The thirteen Sutras (Sutras 626 to 638) present a model for the number of births and liberations of the twenty-four Dandakavarti Jivas and Siddhas at one time. This model also explains the number of births and liberations of all worldly beings and the attainment of Siddhi by the Siddhas at one time. Explanation of the Swasthana-Upapat and Parasthan-Upapat of the Vanaspatikaayika: Here, Swasthana should be understood as 'Vanaspatibhava'. The Vanaspatikaayika Jivas who die and are reborn as Vanaspatikaayika again, their birth is called Swasthana-Upapat. When a Jiva of the Prithvikaaya or any other Kaya is born as a Vanaspatikaayika, then their birth is called Parasthan-Upapat. / In Swasthana, countless Vanaspatikaayika Jivas are born continuously at every moment; because in every Nigoda, countless parts are continuously born and liberated, and these Vanaspatikaayika are infinite. / In Parasthan-Upapat, countless Jivas are born continuously at every moment, because the Jivas of the Prithvikaaya etc. are countless. / The meaning is that...