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## 17
The success of time (kāla) is due to the fact that it (1) prevents the four paths of hell (narka), animal existence (tiryanch), human existence (manushya), and godhood (devatva), and (2) leads to the attainment of pure soul (ātma) essence, which is characterized by freedom from dependence (paratantra) and the attainment of independence (svatantrata), and is the ultimate cause of liberation (nirvāṇa) in a sequential manner. ||2||