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## Seventeenth Leshya Chapter / First Objective
**[247 Nirjara have been completed, their karmas are only slightly remaining / Therefore, they are called Naraka with pre-born minor karmas. But those who are born later in Naraka are those with major karmas, because their Naraka lifespan, Naraka path, and Asatavedaniya karmas, etc., have been slightly destroyed, many karmas are still remaining / Therefore, they are relatively major karmas. This statement should be understood in relation to Narakas of similar situations, otherwise, in Ratnaprabhaprithvi, a Naraka with a long lifespan may have had a large part of his lifespan destroyed, only a single Palyopama remains, on the other hand, at that time, a Naraka with a low lifespan of ten thousand years may have been born later, even then, compared to this later-born Naraka, the said pre-born Naraka is also a major karma holder.]**
**[Similarly, those who have lived for a relatively longer time after birth are of a purer color / In Narakas, the intense section of the Aprashasta (inauspicious) Varna-namakarma arises, but a large part of that inauspicious section of the pre-born Narakas is destroyed, a small part remains. Varna-namakarma is a Pudgalavipaki nature. Therefore, the pre-born Naraka is of a purer color, while the later-born Naraka is of a less pure color, because the majority of the inauspicious intense section of their inauspicious Namakarma caused by Bhava is not destroyed, only a small part is destroyed. Therefore, the later-born Naraka is of a less pure color / This statement should also be understood in relation to Narakas of similar situations. Similarly, the pre-born Naraka destroys a large part of the Aprashasta Leshyadravyas, therefore, they are of a purer Leshya, while the later-born Naraka is able to destroy only a very small part of the Aprashasta Leshyadravyas, many of their Aprashasta Leshyadravyas remain.]**
**[Difference in the pain of Sanjibhat and Asanjibhat Narakas - Those who were previously (in the past) Sanji-panchendriya and then born in Naraka are called Sanjibhut Naraka, and those who are opposite to them are called Asanjibhut / Those Narakas who are Sanjibhut are relatively major pain holders, because those who were (in the past) Sanji, due to intense inauspicious Adhyavasaya, have bound intense inauspicious karmas and they are born in Maha-narakas. Conversely, those Narakas who are Asanjibhut are of lesser pain / Asanji Jivas can bind to any of the Naraka, Tiryanch, Manushya, and Devagati paths / Therefore, they are born in Naraka by binding to Naraka lifespan, but due to the lack of very intense Adhyavasaya, they are born only in those Naraka-avasas within Ratnaprabhaprithvi where there is no very intense pain. Or, the meaning of Sanji here is Samyagdristi / Sanjibhut means that the Samyagdristi Naraka experiences more pain due to mental sorrow and remorse for the past inauspicious karmas. The Asanjibhut (Mithyadristi) Naraka does not experience such remorse, therefore, he is of lesser pain.]**
**1. Prajnapanasutra, Malaya. Vritti, Patranka 333**
**2. Ibid, Malaya. Vritti, Patranka 334**