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## Chapter 5: The Five Great Vows
**Verse 223:**
There are nine lakh crore (900,000 crore) species of aquatic creatures, birds, quadrupeds, and snakes.
**Meaning:**
The total number of species of aquatic creatures like fish is twelve and a half lakh crore (12.5 lakh crore). The number of species of birds like swans is twelve lakh crore (12 lakh crore). The number of species of quadrupeds like lions is ten lakh crore (10 lakh crore). And the number of species of creatures like snakes is nine lakh crore (9 lakh crore).
**Verse 224:**
There are twenty-six lakh crore (26 lakh crore) species of gods, twenty-five lakh crore (25 lakh crore) species of hell beings, and fourteen lakh crore (14 lakh crore) species of humans.
**Meaning:**
It is important to know that there are twenty-six lakh crore (26 lakh crore) species of gods, twenty-five lakh crore (25 lakh crore) species of hell beings, and fourteen lakh crore (14 lakh crore) species of humans.
**Verse 225:**
The total number of species of all beings is one kodi kodi (100,000 crore), ninety-nine lakh (99 lakh), fifty thousand crore (50,000 crore).
**Meaning:**
The total number of species of all beings is one kodi kodi (100,000 crore), ninety-nine lakh (99 lakh), fifty thousand crore (50,000 crore).
**Verse 226:**
There are seven types of eternal beings, seven types of trees, ten types of beings with विकलेन्द्रिय (impaired senses), and six types of gods, hell beings, animals, and humans.
**Meaning:**
There are seven types of eternal beings, seven types of trees, ten types of beings with विकलेन्द्रिय (impaired senses), and six types of gods, hell beings, animals, and humans. There are also one hundred thousand (100,000) species of humans.