Saṁyutta Nikāya 56.117–119
Translators: sujato
Linked Discourses 56.117–119
11. Pañcagatipeyyālavagga
11. Abbreviated Texts on Five Destinations
Nirayadevanirayādisutta
Dying in Hell and Reborn as Gods
… “Evameva kho, bhikkhave, appakā te sattā ye nirayā cutā devesu paccājāyanti; atha kho eteva bahutarā sattā ye nirayā cutā niraye paccājāyanti …pe… tiracchānayoniyā paccājāyanti …pe… pettivisaye paccājāyanti …pe….
“… the sentient beings who die in hell and are reborn as gods are few, while those who die in hell and are reborn in hell, or the animal realm, or the ghost realm are many.”
Aṭṭhārasamaṁ.