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Seventeenth Leshyayad: Third Objective (289)
**Question:** (1211) O Bhagavan! Does a being with Krishna Leshya, or a being with Shukla Leshya, arise in the five-sense Tiryancha Yoni (respectively) of those with Krishna Leshya, or those with Shukla Leshya? And does it die with the same Krishna Leshya, etc.?
**Answer:** (1211) Yes, Gautama! A being with Krishna Leshya, or a being with Shukla Leshya, arises in the five-sense Tiryancha Yoni (respectively) of those with Krishna Leshya, or those with Shukla Leshya. But it may die with Krishna Leshya, or it may die with Neel Leshya, or it may die with Shukla Leshya. (In other words) it may die with the same Leshya with which it was born, or it may die with a different Leshya. (1212) Similarly, a human being should be understood in the same way (as the five-sense Tiryancha, arising and dying in any of the six Leshyas). (1213) The Asura Kumaras should be understood in the same way as the Vanavyantara Devas (as described in Sutra 1206). (1214) The Jyotishka and Vaimanika Devas should also be understood in the same way (as the Asura Kumaras). The special point is that one should mention the number of Leshyas that a being has, and for both (Jyotishkas and Vaimanikas), the word "chyavan" should be used instead of "udvartana".
**Explanation:** The seven Sutras (1208 to 1214) describe the collective birth and death of the twenty-four-dandaka beings in relation to Leshya. These Sutras collectively describe the birth and death of each dandaka being, taking into account the possible Leshyas of each dandaka being.
**Reason for Repetition:** Although the birth and death of each dandaka being, from Narakas to Vaimanikas, has been described in the previous Sutras (1201 to 1207), taking into account one Leshya for each dandaka being, it is possible that the situation may be different in the case of many Narakas with different Leshyas, because one...