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## Chapter 67: The Essence of the Path to Liberation through Certainty and Conduct
**Verse 387:** The path to liberation is characterized by three aspects: right faith, right knowledge, and right conduct. It is through the strength of these that one attains liberation.
**Verse 388:** By destroying the karmas that cause harm, one attains the four infinite qualities. By destroying the karmas that do not cause harm, one attains the state of being one with the Supreme Self.
**Verse 389:** Thus, the king Shrenika, having heard the teachings of the Lord of the Ganas, was filled with joy and, bowing down, felt himself fulfilled.
**Verse 390:** On another occasion, the king Shrenika, who had embraced the right faith, approached the Lord of the Ganas with folded hands.
**Verse 391:** He inquired about the remaining time of the descending cycle and the entire duration of the ascending cycle.
**Verse 392:** The Lord of the Ganas, pleased with the assembly, spoke in a deep voice, his words radiating like the rays of his teeth.
**Verse 393:** He said, "When three years and eight and a half months remain until the end of the fourth time period, the Lord Mahavira will attain liberation."
**Verse 394:** The duration of the fifth time period, known as Dushama, is twenty-one thousand sagara years. In that time, humans will have a lifespan of one hundred years.
**Verse 395:** Their bodies will be a maximum of seven hands tall, their complexion will be rough, their appearance will be ugly, they will be constantly engaged in eating, and their minds will be attached to sensual pleasures.
**Verse 396:** Due to the influence of time, they will have many other flaws. For in that time, thousands of people who commit evil deeds will be born.
**Verse 397:** Due to the absence of kings with the qualities described in the scriptures, there will be a mixing of castes. After a thousand years of the Dushama time period, there will be a decline in dharma, and in the city of Pataliputra, a wicked son named Chaturmuka will be born to the queen Prithvisundari of king Shishupala. He will be the foremost among the wicked and will shake the earth.
**Verse 398:** He will be known as the Kalki king and will be born in the year of Magha.
**Verse 399:** His lifespan will be seventy years, and he will rule for forty years.
**Verse 400:** He will make the ninety-ninth group of heretics his servants and will rule over the entire earth.
**Verse 401:** Then, filled with the pride of his false teachings, the wicked Kalki will ask his ministers, "Tell me, are there still any heretics who are not under my control?"