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An Account of a thing is its principle (Tatva.) The principle of Moksha is the highest of these. It is defined as the “freedom of a Soul from every Karm. * The happiness of even a Chakravarti or Emperor, nay, even the glory of Indra in the heaven The impor- is perishable and consequently paintance of ful. Death is the fate of all of these Moksha. and the thought of that fate eclipses all these worldly pleasures. The succession of births and deaths is a mighty source of affliction and as long as one is subject to it, there is no peace for him. The pleasures of the senses are all transient and painful in result and hence they are called Shadows of Happiness. True happiness must be free from every possibility of pain even in the future. This can only be found in Moksha and hence its importance. The way to the Moksha is the main object of every Jain work. To whom is the Deliverence possible? This question is answered by saying that only animate beings can attain that highest of states and we have therefore to come to Jeeva
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