Not given — continuing directly from SN 56.104's own setting
Speakers
The Buddha, addressing the mendicants directly
Form
Three discourse-numbers merged into a single bilara-data file, all three unfavorable destinations named together in one compound sentence
Length
<1 minute to read
Northern parallel
No individual parallel confirmed by this project's own check
Significance
★★★ — this vagga's own first merged entry, confirming the compression pattern that will recur across most of its own remaining origin-points
Why this discourse
Confirmed by direct listing of bilara-data's own directory, SN 56.105 through SN 56.107 — three discourse-numbers — are merged into a single file comparing sentient beings who die as humans and are reborn as gods (rare) against those who die as humans and are reborn in hell, as an animal, or as a ghost (all three named together, common).
Reading guide
Three unfavorable outcomes, one compound sentence
This project's own reading: unlike SN 56.102-104's own three separately numbered discourses (each naming a single unfavorable destination), this merged file compresses the same three outcomes into one flowing sentence — “reborn in hell, or the animal realm, or the ghost realm” — while still occupying three distinct discourse-numbers in the root text's own numbering.
A pattern this project will trace across the remaining origins
This project's own reading ahead: this same three-into-one compression recurs for every remaining origin-point compared against a favorable rebirth (human or god) in this vagga, with one confirmed exception at SN 56.129-130, where the ghost-realm's own comparison against rebirth as a god is instead split and left incomplete, its own third case reserved for this saṃyutta's own closing discourse.
Key terms
appakā te sattā ye manussā cutā devesu paccājāyanti — “the sentient beings who die as humans and are reborn as gods are few” — the rare category, giving this merged page its own title
devesu paccājāyanti — “reborn as gods” — the favorable destination named here, completing the pair with SN 56.102-104's own human-to-human comparison
niraye...tiracchānayoniyā...pettivisaye paccājāyanti — “reborn in hell, or the animal realm, or the ghost realm” — the three unfavorable destinations, named together in a single compound clause
chaṭṭhaṁ — “the sixth” — the root colophon's own numbering, confirming this merged file's own final discourse-number within the vagga's own running count
…pe… — the elision marking, appearing between each named unfavorable destination even within the root Pali itself
The text
Every genuinely translated fragment given in the consulted English source. Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, SuttaCentral).
§1“… the sentient beings who die as humans and are reborn as gods are few, while those who die as humans and are reborn in hell, or the animal realm, or the ghost realm are many.”
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Self-check quiz
3 questions. Click an answer to see immediate feedback. No score is recorded — this is for your own checking.
Question 1 of 3
How many discourse-numbers does this single merged page cover, confirmed by direct directory listing?
Correct: A. Confirmed by directly listing bilara-data's own directory: one merged file for three discourse-numbers.
Question 2 of 3
How does this merged page's own treatment differ from SN 56.102-104's own, per this project's own comparison?
Correct: A. This project's own direct comparison confirming a more compressed treatment for the favorable-to-god comparisons.
Question 3 of 3
What exception does this project's own reading ahead flag to this compression pattern?
Correct: A. This project's own reading ahead, confirming a deliberate structural choice at the saṃyutta's own close.
