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[399 Fifth: Through the Tīrthankara Gate 1444. "Bhagavan! Does a being from the Ratnaprabbhā-pṛthvī, a hell, attain Tīrthankaratva directly after being born from it? [U.] Gautama! Some of them attain Tīrthankaratva, and some do not. [Pr.] Bhagavan! Why do you say that some beings from the Ratnaprabbhā-pṛthvī attain Tīrthankaratva directly after being born from it, and some do not? [U.] Gautama! A being from the Ratnaprabbhā-pṛthvī who has bound, touched, deposited, established, entered, and firmly entered the karma of the Tīrthankara name-lineage, which has arisen but not subsided, attains Tīrthankaratva directly after being born from the Ratnaprabbhā-pṛthvī. But a being from the Ratnaprabbhā-pṛthvī who has not bound, or has not arisen, or has subsided the karma of the Tīrthankara name-lineage, does not attain Tīrthankaratva directly after being born from the Ratnaprabbhā-pṛthvī. Therefore, Gautama! It is said that some beings from the Ratnaprabbhā-pṛthvī attain Tīrthankaratva, and some do not. [1444 Pr.] Bhagavan! (Does) a being from the Ratnaprabbhā-pṛthvī, a hell, attain Tīrthankaratva directly after being born from it? [U.] Gautama! Some of them attain Tīrthankaratva, and some do not. [Pr.] Bhagavan! Why do you say that some beings from the Ratnaprabbhā-pṛthvī attain Tīrthankaratva directly after being born from it, and some do not? [U.] Gautama! A being from the Ratnaprabbhā-pṛthvī who has bound, touched, deposited, established, entered, and firmly entered the karma of the Tīrthankara name-lineage, which has arisen but not subsided, attains Tīrthankaratva directly after being born from the Ratnaprabbhā-pṛthvī. But a being from the Ratnaprabbhā-pṛthvī who has not bound, or has not arisen, or has subsided the karma of the Tīrthankara name-lineage, does not attain Tīrthankaratva directly after being born from the Ratnaprabbhā-pṛthvī. Therefore, Gautama! It is said that some beings from the Ratnaprabbhā-pṛthvī attain Tīrthankaratva, and some do not. [1444 Pr.] Bhagavan! (Does) a being from the Ratnaprabbhā-pṛthvī, a hell, attain Tīrthankaratva directly after being born from it? [U.] Gautama! Some of them attain Tīrthankaratva, and some do not. [Pr.] Bhagavan! Why do you say that some beings from the Ratnaprabbhā-pṛthvī attain Tīrthankaratva directly after being born from it, and some do not? [U.] Gautama! A being from the Ratnaprabbhā-pṛthvī who has bound, touched, deposited, established, entered, and firmly entered the karma of the Tīrthankara name-lineage, which has arisen but not subsided, attains Tīrthankaratva directly after being born from the Ratnaprabbhā-pṛthvī. But a being from the Ratnaprabbhā-pṛthvī who has not bound, or has not arisen, or has subsided the karma of the Tīrthankara name-lineage, does not attain Tīrthankaratva directly after being born from the Ratnaprabbhā-pṛthvī. Therefore, Gautama! It is said that some beings from the Ratnaprabbhā-pṛthvī attain Tīrthankaratva, and some do not. / 1445. In the same way, some beings from the Valukāprabbhā-pṛthvī attain Tīrthankaratva directly after being born from it. [1445] 1446. "Bhagavan! Does a being from the Pankaprabhā-pṛthvī, a hell, attain Tīrthankaratva directly after being born from it?