Āmakadhaññapeyyālacatutthavagga

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Mahāvaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 19 · Section 1802

[1802] In the same way, bhikkhus, few are those beings who, passing away from the realm of ghosts (pittivisaya), are reborn among the devas (deva); rather, far more numerous are those beings who, passing away from the realm of ghosts, are reborn in the animal realm (tiracchānayoni).

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.