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## 16
## Description of the Six Substances and Five Astikayas
The author is the faultless, infinite fourfold, Shri Vardhamana Swami. The commentator of the Uttara Tantra is the four-knowledgeable and seven-wealthy Shri Gautam Swami, the Ganadhara. There are many other commentators in succession.
**Meaning:** Here, the author of this text is Shri Kundakunda Acharya. The author says this because the authority of the author establishes the authority of his words. In this way, the six aspects of auspiciousness, cause, reason, quantity, name, and author have been described in brief. In this way, the verse related to the salutation of the Ishta Devata for auspiciousness is complete.
**Verse 2: Explanation of Time**
**Time** is the Agama. It has been promised here to be described after salutation.
(The meaning of the verse) The teachings from the mouth of the Shramanas, which are the cessation of the four gatis and Nirvana.
I bow my head and will speak of this time, listen. || 2 ||
It is appropriate to bow and describe it because it is successful due to being taught by an Apt. There, its being taught by an Apt is because it is the meaning that has come from the mouth of the Shramanas. The Shramanas are the great Shramanas, the omniscient, the free from passions. The meaning, again, is one thing to be described, though it is described through many words. Its success is because it is the cessation of the four gatis, which are hell, animal, human, and god, and because it is the cause of Nirvana, which is the cessation of dependence, the attainment of pure self-nature, and because it is the cause of the fruit, which is the attainment of independence. || 2 ||
**Hindi Explanation of Verse 2**
**Meaning:** (The meaning that has come from the mouth of the Shramanas) The meaning that has come from the mouth of the Shramanas (the words spoken by the omniscient great monks) (the cessation of the four gatis) the cessation of the four gatis and (Nirvana) Nirvana (the cause of Nirvana) [this time] such this time [bowing my head] bowing my head in salutation (I will speak) I will speak of it [listen] listen to it.
**Commentary:** Time means Agama. I will speak of it after saluting it. Such a promise has been made here. It (time) is worthy of salutation and description because it is successful due to being taught by an Apt. There, its being taught by an Apt is because it is the meaning that has come from the mouth of the Shramanas (the omniscient). 'Shramanas' means the great Shramanas, the omniscient, the free from passions, and 'meaning' means one thing to be described, though it is described through many words.