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## 404
## Mulachar
The subject is to reduce the distance to the next hell by half a kos, whatever the distance may be. In the seventh hell, it remains one kos. ||1152||
Going forward is called going; the first beings without consciousness go to the first earth, the first reptiles go to the second. Birds go up to the third, and snakes go up to the fourth. ||1153||
Meaning: Beings without consciousness go to the first earth, creatures like the goh and karkenta go to the first and second earths. Bhairund and other birds go up to the third, and ajgar and other snakes go up to the fourth after death. ||1153||
Lions and tigers go up to the fifth. Women go to the sixth earth. Sinful fish and sinful humans go to the seventh hell. ||1154||
Meaning: Lions, tigers, etc. go up to the fifth. Women go to the sixth earth. Sinful fish and sinful humans go to the seventh hell. ||1154||
The liberated souls, the narakas, are born from the darkest earth. They do not attain humanhood and are reborn in the animal realm. ||1155||