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two's with big bodies and with small bodies; born earlier and born later;
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with fewer karma bondage and with more karma bondage;
purer colour and deeper colour;
purer tinge and deeper tinge;
with reasoning and without reasoning.
three's with right outlook, wrong outlook and mixed outlook ; with four activities, five activities and five activities (again)
four's same span, simultaneous genesis ; same span, non-simultaneous genesis ; similar span, simultaneous genesis ; dissimilar span, non-simultaneous genesis.
The distinctions are relative, and hence there is no scope for contradictions.
59. All infernal beings constitute one, and the first, species (dandaka). The Asurakumāras constitute the second species, and so the discussion on the infernal beings is followed by one on the Asurakumāras, which is then extended to cover the remaining 22 species.
60. Thus karma, colour and tinge are reversed, which mean that, unlike the infernal beings, the Asurakumāras born earlier have greater karma bondage, deeper colour and deeper tinge than the Asurakumāras born later. The reason for the reversal is that the early arrivals in the species acquire fresh karma bondage, deeper colour and deeper tinge because of their cruel behaviour, whereas those who join later are yet to acquire these. As is our common experience, the warders of long standing in the jails are often more hard-hearted than many of the convicts they control, and may prove to be worse criminals, if given a chance.
61. The indeterminateness of pain is signified by the word 'anidae'. This is so because of wrong outlook and absence of reasoning, for which, like one under the spell of drug
