Reading guide
Four origins complete, one remaining
This project's own count: with human, god, hell, and now animal each given their own two-comparison treatment, only the ghost realm remains as an origin-point — and this project's own reading ahead already confirms that final origin's own treatment breaks the established pattern, its own third comparison held back for this saṃyutta's own closing discourse.
Key terms
appakā te sattā ye tiracchānayoniyā cutā devesu paccājāyanti — “the sentient beings who die as animals and are reborn as gods are few” — the rare category, giving this merged page its own title
devesu paccājāyanti — “reborn as gods” — the most favorable destination, reached here from the animal realm
niraye...tiracchānayoniyā...pettivisaye paccājāyanti — “reborn in hell, or the animal realm, or the ghost realm” — the three unfavorable destinations, named together
catuvīsatimaṁ — “the twenty-fourth” — the root colophon's own numbering, confirming this merged file's own final discourse-number
…pe… — the elision marking, appearing between each named unfavorable destination
The text
Every genuinely translated fragment given in the consulted English source. Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, SuttaCentral).
§1“… the sentient beings who die as animals and are reborn as gods are few, while those who die as animals 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
What does this project's own count confirm at this point in the vagga's own sequence?
Correct: A. This project's own running count across the vagga's own established structure.
Question 2 of 3
What does this project's own reading ahead confirm about the ghost-realm origin still to come?
Correct: A. This project's own reading ahead, confirming the deliberate structural choice already traced at SN 56.129-131.
Question 3 of 3
How many discourse-numbers does this single merged page cover?
Correct: A. Confirmed by direct directory listing — matching this vagga's own recurring three-item merge pattern.