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They fall upon the sharp weapons of the hellish realm. As the hell-bound beings fall from the first earth to the seventh earth, they bounce back up, respectively, 7 yojanas 3 kosas, 15 yojanas 2 kosas, 31 yojanas 1 kosa, 62 yojanas 2 kosas, 125 yojanas, 250 yojanas, and 500 yojanas. Then they fall again upon the weapons. The old hell-bound beings, seeing the new ones, beat them with harsh words, and then they begin to fight amongst themselves.
Question 28: What do the hell-bound beings eat? How much suffering does that food cause?
Answer: The hell-bound beings of the first earth eat dirt that is even more foul-smelling than the decaying bodies of dogs and other low-born creatures. The hell-bound beings of the subsequent earths eat dirt that is infinitely more foul-smelling, and they receive only a small amount of it.
The dirt that the hell-bound beings of the first layer, called "Seemant," of the first hell eat, if placed in the human realm, would kill all living beings within half a kosa with its stench. Similarly, the dirt of each layer has the capacity to kill living beings within half a kosa more than the previous layer. With each layer, the capacity to kill increases by half a kosa, and in the seventh layer...