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Tattvārthasūtra
Their height in the first region is seven dhanuşa, three hātha and six angula. It doubles succesively as we go down the seven earths. Owing to the internal rise of inauspicious-feeling (asātāvedaniya) karmas, they incessantly suffer greatly from extreme heat and cold of the external environment. In the first four earths, the abodes cause agony by heat alone. In the fifth earth, two hundred thousand abodes of the upper part have intense heat and one hundred thousand abodes of the lower part intense cold. In the sixth and the seventh earths, suffering is caused by intense cold alone. The infernal beings intend to perform good deeds (vikriyā), but end up committing only the wicked deeds. They desire to do things that can bring about happiness but end up generating misery alone. Lower and lower down, these dispositions become worse and worse.
Is distress caused to infernal beings by heat and cold alone? Or are there other sources of suffering and torment?
परस्परोदीरितदुःखाः ॥४॥
नारकी जीव परस्पर एक-दूसरे के लिये दु:ख उत्पन्न करते हैं (apy? Med )
They (the infernal beings) cause pain and suffering to one another.
How do they cause pain and suffering to one another? Due to the fruition of wrong-belief (mithyādarśana), the infernal beings possess, from birth, wrong-clairvoyance - vibhanga avadhijñāna. Due to this, they are able to see the cause of their pain and suffering. Seeing each other, their anger develops into a rage. They recollect their past lives and are actuated by intense animosity. They begin to hit each other
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