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In the Harivansha Purana, the wicked time, full of suffering, is destroyed. Just as wealth calms down the noise of time, so do the saints calm down the wicked. ||47|| Wise men restrain the darkness like the rays of the sun, just as the foolish, who are inclined to act alike towards the good and the bad, are restrained. ||48|| Thus, with the help of the virtuous, I make my body, which is a poem, stable in the world, free from fear and pride. ||49|| I narrate the Harivansha Purana, which is rooted in the past, famous in the world, adorned with many branches, full of vast merit, pure, like a Kalpavriksha, excellent, illuminated by the life story of Lord Arishtanemi, and captivating. ||50-51|| Just as even the smallest things like gems, lamps, fireflies, and lightning, illuminate the objects illuminated by the sun, according to their own capacity, so too, I, a person of limited capacity, am engaged in illuminating this Purana, which is illuminated by great sages. ||52-53|| Just as a man's eye, illuminated by the light of the sun, can see even distant objects, so too, my delicate mind, illuminated by the light of the ancient sages, is able to see even distant, past events. ||54|| The Agam, a well-known proof, is a proof that has five divisions based on the subject matter, substance, time, existence, and feeling, and has been explained by authoritative persons. ||55|| The founder of this Tantra is Lord Vardhaman Tirthankara himself, followed by Lord Gautam Ganadhar, the founder of the Uttar Tantra, and after them, many Acharyas, the founders of the subsequent Tantras, have appeared in succession. All of them are proof for us because they are translators of the words of the omniscient. ||56-57|| There are three Kevalins, five who hold the fourteen previous principles, ten who hold the ten previous principles, eleven who hold the eleven limbs, and one who holds one limb. These are the five types of Munis.