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## Agama Sutra 39, Cheda Sutra-5, 'Mahanishith'
**Study/Purpose/Sutra Number** Study-2-Karmavipak-Prathipadan
**Purpose-1 Sutra - 226-227**
_O Gautama! With all your being, remove all the obstacles and think correctly that in this world, whether it be sentient or non-sentient, a Bhavy or an Abhavy, but any soul seeking happiness, whether it be crooked, upward, downward, here or there, wanders in all ten directions._ **Sutra-228-229**
Know that there are two types of non-sentient beings: Vikalendriya, meaning those with one, two, three, or four senses, and Ekendriya, like worms, Kunthu, Mali, in that order, with two, three, or four senses. Vikalendriya beings, and earth, water, fire, air, and plants, those are the stationary Ekendriya non-sentient beings. Animals, birds, Naraki, humans, and Devas, all are sentient. And within that limit, there is Bhavyata and Abhavyata in all beings. Naraki do not have Vikalendriya or Ekendriya. **Sutra-230-231**
We also seek happiness (with such a desire), a Vikalendriya being goes to the shade when it is hot and to the warmth when it is cold. So, even there, they experience suffering. Those with very delicate bodies, their soles cannot bear even a moment of heat or a moment of cold, etc., any adversity. **Sutra-232-233**
Due to the desire for sexual pleasure and the attachment, delusion, and ignorance arising from it, those born as Ekendriya beings like earth-bodied beings, etc., do not experience suffering. Those Ekendriya beings undergo infinite transformations and some attain the state of being without senses, some do not attain it, and some attain it after an infinite period of time. **Sutra-234**
Deer, animals, birds, snakes, etc., who are defeated by cold, heat, wind, rain, etc., cannot even find peace for the time it takes for the blink of an eye, even in their dreams. **Sutra-235**
How can a Naraki, who is in hell, who experiences many pains every moment, being cut, torn, and chopped by sharp weapons like a cruel, unwanted touch, and other such hard weapons, find happiness? **Sutra-236-237**
Even in the Devaloka, where the divinity of all is equal, there is suffering when one Deva becomes a vehicle and another (more powerful) Deva mounts it. Even though their hands and feet are equal and similar, they are still unhappy. At that time, they are deluded and think, "I have lost my Bhava, damn me, I did so much penance, yet my soul was cheated. I have attained a lesser divinity." **Sutra-238-241**
In human life, those who seek happiness engage in farming, service, work, trade, and crafts, day and night. They endure the heat, what happiness do they have? Some fools are envious seeing the prosperity of others. Some poor souls cannot even satisfy their hunger. And the wealth of some people also diminishes. If there is an increase in punya, then there is an increase in fame, glory, and wealth. If punya starts to decrease, then fame, glory, and prosperity start to decrease. Some virtuous people enjoy equal happiness for a thousand years continuously, while some beings...