sn.29.2 Saṁyutta Nikāya (Linked Discourses)

Better

At Sāvatthī.
“Mendicants, dragons reproduce in these four ways.
What four?
Dragons are born from an egg, from a womb, from moisture, or spontaneously.
Of these, dragons born from a womb, from moisture, or spontaneously are better than those born from an egg.
Dragons born from moisture or spontaneously are better than those born from an egg or from a womb.
Dragons born spontaneously are better than those born from an egg, from a womb, or from moisture.
These are the four ways that dragons reproduce.”