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## The Seventeenth Leshyapad: The First Objective
**[243] They eat, perhaps they transform (pudgalas), and perhaps they exhale and perhaps they inhale. For this reason, O Gautama! It is said that the Narakas are not all of the same ahar, not of the same body, nor of the same inhalation-exhalation.** ~~-First Gate // 1 //
**1125. [Q] Venerable Sir! Are all the Narakas of the same karma? [A] Gautama! This meaning is not valid.**
**[Q] Venerable Sir! For what reason do you say that all the Narakas are not of the same karma? [A] Gautama! Narakas are said to be of two types, namely- Purvopapannak (those born earlier) and Paschad-upapannak (those born later).**
**[A] Among them, those who are Purvopapannak are of lesser karma, and those who are Paschad-upapannak are of Maha-karma (great karma). For this reason, O Gautama! It is said that all the Narakas are not of the same karma.** -Second Gate // 2 //
**1126. [Q] Venerable Sir! Are all the Narakas of the same varna? [A] Gautama! This meaning is not valid.**
**[Q] Venerable Sir! For what reason do you say that all the Narakas are not of the same varna? [A] Gautama! Narakas are said to be of two types, namely- Purvopapannak and Paschad-upapannak.**
**[A] Among them, those who are Purvopapannak are of more pure varna, and those who are Paschad-upapannak are of impure varna. For this reason, O Gautama! It is said that all the Narakas are not of the same varna.** -Third Gate // 3 //