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## The Sutra Kritanga Sutra
### Fifth Hell Division Study
#### First Uddeshaka
"I, the Kevali, the Great Being, asked the Lord Mahavira, how do beings suffer in hell? I do not know, O Muni, you know, tell me, how do ignorant beings go to hell?" ||1||
**Commentary:** Jambuswami asked Sudharmaswami, "O Lord, what are the hells like? By what karmas are beings born there? What kind of suffering is there?"
Sudharmaswami replied, "I asked the same question to the Kevali, the Great Being, the Lord Mahavira, who knows the past, present, and future, the subtle and the gross, who is a great ascetic, who endures both favorable and unfavorable circumstances. I asked him, 'How are the hells, filled with immeasurable suffering?' I do not know, O Muni, you know everything through your perfect knowledge, tell me, how do ignorant beings, who are unaware of the path to happiness and the avoidance of suffering, go to hell? What kind of suffering do they experience there?" ||1||
**Commentary:** Jambuswami asked Sudharmaswami, "O Lord, what are the hells like? By what karmas are beings born there? What kind of suffering is there?"
Sudharmaswami replied, "I asked the same question to the Kevali, the Great Being, the Lord Mahavira, who knows the past, present, and future, the subtle and the gross, who is a great ascetic, who endures both favorable and unfavorable circumstances. I asked him, 'How are the hells, filled with immeasurable suffering?' I do not know, O Muni, you know everything through your perfect knowledge, tell me, how do ignorant beings, who are unaware of the path to happiness and the avoidance of suffering, go to hell? What kind of suffering do they experience there?" ||1||
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"And then, O Great Being, I asked the Lord Mahavira, who was sitting in the Kasava posture, to explain this difficult and complex subject." ||2||