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## The Five Astikayas and Time
**19**
I will speak of the time, a near-perfect man, a liberated, omniscient, hears the word-agamas, then knows the meaning of the five astikayas, which is the essence of the agamas. Then, in that group of objects, he becomes firm in the pure jiva-astikaya, and eliminates the four movements. By eliminating the four movements, he attains the fifth movement, nirvana. There, he experiences infinite bliss, the fruit of nirvana, which is characterized by freedom from suffering, arising from his own soul. Therefore, it is right to bow down to this time, which is in the form of a substance, or the word-agamas.
In this explanation, the relationship, the object, and the purpose are indicated as follows:
The words of the Acharya, which are in the form of an explanation, are the explanation. The gatha sutras are worthy of explanation, so they are the object of explanation. This is the relationship between the explanation and the object of explanation.
The word-time or agamas, which is in the form of a substance, is the name - the speaker. The meaning of the five astikayas, which is the essence of the word-time or agamas, is the object of speech - the thing to be spoken. This is the relationship between the name and the object of speech.
The fruit or purpose is the attainment of nirvana bliss, which includes the destruction of ignorance, etc. In this way, one should know the relationship, the object, and the purpose.
In this way, the first section is completed with two gathas, mainly for the purpose of bowing down to one's beloved and honorable deity. || 2 ||
**Time Explanation Gatha - 3**
Here, the word "time" has three meanings: word, knowledge, and object. The division of the world and the non-world is also mentioned.
The five astikayas are called "time" by the best Jinas. That which is the world is the five astikayas, then the non-world is the infinite, and the space is the void. || 3 ||
There, the middle ground of the five astikayas, which is not affected by attachment and aversion, and which is characterized by the arrangement of letters, words, and sentences, is the word-time, the word-agamas, and so on.
The elimination of the rise of false views in them is the right path, the knowledge-time, the knowledge-agamas, and so on.
The combination of these, which is limited by name, understanding, and definition, is the object-time, the essence of all objects, and so on.
Here, the object-time is intended to be explained in relation to the word-time, in order to make the knowledge-time clear. Therefore, the object-time itself has two forms, due to the alternative of the world and the non-world.
The combination of the five astikayas is the world, as long as it exists. Beyond that is the infinite non-world. It is not merely non-existence, but an infinite field, space, and void, which is beyond the combination of the five astikayas. || 3 ||